Psalm 88 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBCBBBBDEFGHAHA BIBIIJIJKFLMNONOIIII IPIPQIQIIRISBITIUFSF VBVBVBVPIBIB

Lord God that dost me save and keepA
All day to thee I cryB
And all night long before thee weepA
Before thee prostrate lieB
Into thy presence let my praierB
With sighs devout ascendC
And to my cries that ceaseless areB
Thine ear with favour bendC
For cloy'd with woes and trouble storeB
Surcharg'd my Soul doth lieB
My life at death's uncherful doreB
Unto the grave draws nighB
Reck'n'd I am with them that passD
Down to the dismal pitE
I am a man but weak alas Heb A man without manlyF
And for that name unfit strengthG
From life discharg'd and parted quiteH
Among the dead to sleepA
And like the slain in bloody fightH
That in the grave lie deepA
Whom thou rememberest no moreB
Dost never more regardI
Them from thy hand deliver'd o'reB
Deaths hideous house hath barr'dI
Thou in the lowest pit profound'I
Hast set me all forlornJ
Where thickest darkness hovers roundI
In horrid deeps to mournJ
Thy wrath from which no shelter savesK
Full sore doth press on meF
Thou break'st upon me all thy waves The HebL
And all thy waves break me bears bothM
Thou dost my friends from me estrangeN
And mak'st me odiousO
Me to them odious for they changeN
And I here pent up thusO
Through sorrow and affliction greatI
Mine eye grows dim and deadI
Lord all the day I thee entreatI
My hands to thee I spreadI
Wilt thou do wonders on the deadI
Shall the deceas'd ariseP
And praise thee from their loathsom bedI
With pale and hollow eyesP
Shall they thy loving kindness tellQ
On whom the grave hath holdI
Or they who in perdition dwellQ
Thy faithfulness unfoldI
In darkness can thy mighty handI
Or wondrous acts be knownR
Thy justice in the gloomy landI
Of dark oblivionS
But I to thee O Lord do cryB
E're yet my life be spentI
And up to thee my praier doth hieT
Each morn and thee preventI
Why wilt thou Lord my soul forsakeU
And hide thy face from meF
That am already bruis'd and shake Heb Prae ConcussioneS
With terror sent from theeF
Bruz'd and afflicted and so lowV
As ready to expireB
While I thy terrors undergoV
Astonish'd with thine ireB
Thy fierce wrath over me doth flowV
Thy threatnings cut me throughB
All day they round about me goV
Like waves they me persueP
Lover and friend thou hast remov'dI
And sever'd from me farB
They fly me now whom I have lov'dI
And as in darkness areB

John Milton



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