Lot In Sodom Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGFG HIHI JKLM FNFN OPOP QRQS| How hurtful was the choice of Lot | A |
| Who took up his abode | B |
| Because it was a fruitful spot | A |
| With them who feared not God | C |
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| A pris'ner he was quickly made | D |
| Bereaved of all his store | E |
| And but for Abraham's timely aid | D |
| He had returned no more | E |
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| Yet still he seemed resolved to stay | F |
| As if it were his rest | G |
| Although their sins from day to day | F |
| His righteous soul distressed | G |
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| Awhile he stayed with anxious mind | H |
| Exposed to scorn and strife | I |
| At last he left his all behind | H |
| And fled to save his life | I |
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| In vain his sons in law he warned | J |
| They thought he told his dreams | K |
| His daughters too of them had learned | L |
| And perished in the flames | M |
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| His wife escaped a little way | F |
| But died for looking back | N |
| Does not her case to pilgrims say | F |
| Beware of growing slack | N |
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| Yea Lot himself could ling'ring stand | O |
| Though vengeance was in view | P |
| 'Twas mercy plucked him by the hand | O |
| Or he had perished too | P |
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| The doom of Sodom wilt be ours | Q |
| If to the earth we cleave | R |
| Lord quicken all our drowsy pow'rs | Q |
| To flee to thee and live | S |
John Newton
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