The Apparition Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBABCDCDCEFFEGGH| When by thy scorn O murd'ress I am dead | A |
| And that thou think'st thee free | B |
| From all solicitation from me | B |
| Then shall my ghost come to thy bed | A |
| And thee feigned vestal in worse arms shall see | B |
| Then thy sick taper will begin to wink | C |
| And he whose thou art then being tired before | D |
| Will if thou stir or pinch to wake him think | C |
| Thou call'st for more | D |
| And in false sleep will from thee shrink | C |
| And then poor aspen wretch neglected thou | E |
| Bathed in a cold quicksilver sweat wilt lie | F |
| A verier ghost than I | F |
| What I will say I will not tell thee now | E |
| Lest that preserve thee and since my love is spent | G |
| I'd rather thou shouldst painfully repent | G |
| Than by my threat'nings rest still innocent | H |
John Donne
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