Vppon A Deedmans Hed Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCCC AACCCCCDECCA AAAAAA FFFFCCGGHHHHFFFI CCCCAHH FFFFFFHHAFC BSkelton Laureat vppon a deedmans hed that was sent to hym from an honorable Ientyll woman for a token Deuysyd this gostly medytacyon in Englysh Couenable in sentence Comendable Lamentable Lacrymable Profytable for the soule | A |
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Youre vgly tokyn | B |
My mynd hath brokyn | B |
From worldly lust | C |
For I haue dyscust | C |
We ar but dust | C |
And dy we must | C |
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It is generall | A |
To be mortall | A |
I haue well espyde | C |
No man may hym hyde | C |
From deth holow eyed | C |
With synnews wyderyd | C |
With bonys shyderyd | C |
With hys worme etyn maw | D |
And hys gastly Iaw | E |
Gaspyng asyde | C |
Nakyd of hyde | C |
Neyther flesh nor fell | A |
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Then by my councell | A |
Loke that ye spell | A |
Well thys gospell | A |
For wher so we dwell | A |
Deth wyll vs quell | A |
And with vs mell | A |
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For all oure pamperde paunchys | F |
Ther may no fraunchys | F |
Nor worldly blys | F |
Redeme vs from this | F |
Oure days be datyd | C |
To be chek matyd | C |
With drawttys of deth | G |
Stoppyng oure breth | G |
Oure eyen synkyng | H |
Oure bodys stynkyng | H |
Oure gummys grynnyng | H |
Oure soulys brynnyng | H |
To whom then shall we sew | F |
For to haue rescew | F |
But to swete Iesu | F |
On vs then for to rew | I |
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O goodly chyld | C |
Of Mary mylde | C |
Then be oure shylde | C |
That we be not exylyd | C |
To the dyne dale | A |
Of boteles bale Nor to the lake | H |
Of fendys blake | H |
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But graunt vs grace | F |
To se thy face | F |
And to purchace | F |
Thyne heuenly place | F |
And thy palace | F |
Full of solace | F |
Aboue the sky | H |
That is so hy | H |
Eternally | A |
To beholde and se | F |
The Trynyte | C |
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Amen | B |
John Skelton
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