Ode Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAB CACDA EFGEH IJIIJ| I VENGEANCE will sit above our faults but till | A |
| She there do sit | B |
| We see her not nor them Thus blind yet still | A |
| We lead her way and thus whilst we do ill | A |
| We suffer it | B |
| - | |
| Unhappy he whom youth makes not beware | C |
| Of doing ill | A |
| Enough we labour under age and care | C |
| In number th' errors of the last place are | D |
| The greatest still | A |
| - | |
| Yet we that should the ill we now begin | E |
| As soon repent | F |
| Strange thing perceive not our faults are not seen | G |
| But past us neither felt but only in | E |
| The punishment | H |
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| But we know ourselves least mere outward shows | I |
| Our minds so store | J |
| That our souls no more than our eyes disclose | I |
| But form and colour Only he who knows | I |
| Himself knows more | J |
John Donne
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