Holy Sonnet Xviii: Show Me, Dear Christ Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCAAAADEDEFF| Show me dear Christ thy Spouse so bright and clear | A |
| What is it She which on the other shore | B |
| Goes richly painted or which robbed and tore | B |
| Laments and mourns in Germany and here | C |
| Sleeps she a thousand then peeps up one year | A |
| Is she self truth and errs now new now outwore | A |
| Doth she and did she and shall she evermore | A |
| On one on seven or on no hill appear | A |
| Dwells she with us or like adventuring knights | D |
| First travail we to seek and then make love | E |
| Betray kind husband thy spouse to our sights | D |
| And let mine amorous soul court thy mild dove | E |
| Who is most true and pleasing to thee then | F |
| When she's embraced and open to most men | F |
John Donne
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