The Undertaking Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGHG IHIH JHJH HKHK ABAB| I have done one braver thing | A |
| Than all the Worthies did | B |
| And yet a braver thence doth spring | A |
| Which is to keep that hid | B |
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| It were but madness now t'impart | C |
| The skill of specular stone | D |
| When he which can have learn'd the art | C |
| To cut it can find none | E |
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| So if I now should utter this | F |
| Others because no more | G |
| Such stuff to work upon there is | H |
| Would love but as before | G |
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| But he who loveliness within | I |
| Hath found all outward loathes | H |
| For he who colour loves and skin | I |
| Loves but their oldest clothes | H |
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| If as I have you also do | J |
| Virtue attir'd in woman see | H |
| And dare love that and say so too | J |
| And forget the He and She | H |
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| And if this love though placed so | H |
| From profane men you hide | K |
| Which will no faith on this bestow | H |
| Or if they do deride | K |
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| Then you have done a braver thing | A |
| Than all the Worthies did | B |
| And a braver thence will spring | A |
| Which is to keep that hid | B |
John Donne
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