Holy Sonnet Xix: Oh, To Vex Me, Contraries Meet In One Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCAACCADEEDFF| Oh to vex me contraries meet in one | A |
| Inconstancy unnaturally hath begot | B |
| A constant habit that when I would not | C |
| I change in vows and in devotion | A |
| As humorous is my contrition | A |
| As my profane love and as soon forgot | C |
| As riddlingly distempered cold and hot | C |
| As praying as mute as infinite as none | A |
| I durst not view heaven yesterday and today | D |
| In prayers and flattering speeches I court God | E |
| Tomorrow I quake with true fear of his rod | E |
| So my devout fits come and go away | D |
| Like a fantastic ague save that here | F |
| Those are my best days when I shake with feare | F |
John Donne
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