The World Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DEFG HHII JJKK LLMM NNNN OONN PPQI| See the world for youth prepares | A |
| Harlot like her gaudy snares | A |
| Pleasures round her seem to wait | B |
| But 'tis all a painted cheat | C |
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| Rash and unsuspecting youth | D |
| Thinks to find thee always smooth | E |
| Always kind till better taught | F |
| By experience dearly bought | G |
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| So the calm but faithless sea | H |
| Lively emblem world of thee | H |
| Tempts the shepherd from the shore | I |
| Foreign regions to explore | I |
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| While no wrinkled wave is seen | J |
| While the sky remains serene | J |
| Fill'd with hopes and golden schemes | K |
| Of a storm he little dreams | K |
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| But ere long the tempest raves | L |
| Then he trembles at the waves | L |
| Wishes then he had been wise | M |
| But too late he sinks and dies | M |
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| Hapless thus are they vain world | N |
| Soon on rocks of ruin hurl'd | N |
| Who admiring thee untry'd | N |
| Court thy pleasure wealth or pride | N |
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| Such a shipwreck had been mine | O |
| Had not Jesus name divine | O |
| Sav'd me with a mighty hand | N |
| And restor'd my soul to land | N |
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| Now with gratitude I raise | P |
| Ebenezers to his praise | P |
| Now my rash pursuits are o'er | Q |
| I can trust thee world no more | I |
John Newton
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