O, What Shall I Do Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD AAEEFFAD| O what shall I do or whither shall I turn me | A |
| Shall I make unto her eyes O no they'll burn me | A |
| Shall I seal up my eyes and speak my part | B |
| Then in a flood of tears I drown my heart | B |
| For tears being stopped will swell for scope | C |
| Though they overflow love life and hope | C |
| By beauty's eye | D |
| I'll choose to die | D |
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| At thy feet I fall fair creature rich in beauty | A |
| And for pity call O kill not love and duty | A |
| Let thy smooth tongue fan on my sense thy breath | E |
| to stay thine eyes from burning me to death | E |
| But if mercy be exiled | F |
| From a thing so fair compiled | F |
| Then patiently | A |
| By thee I'll die | D |
John Wilbye
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