To One Persuading A Lady To Marriage Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE FGFGHIJK| Forbear bold youth all's heaven here | A |
| And what you do aver | B |
| To others courtship may appear | C |
| 'Tis sacrilege to her | B |
| She is a public deity | D |
| And were 't not very odd | E |
| She should dispose herself to be | D |
| A petty household god | E |
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| First make the sun in private shine | F |
| And bid the world adieu | G |
| That so he may his beams confine | F |
| In compliment to you | G |
| But if of that you do despair | H |
| Think how you did amiss | I |
| To strive to fix her beams which are | J |
| More bright and large than his | K |
Katherine Philips
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