Addressed To ------, 1736 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDBBEEFFGGHHHI JKKLLDM| With toilsome steps I pass thro' life's dull road | A |
| No pack horse half so tired of his load | A |
| And when this dirty journey will conclude | B |
| To what new realms is then my way pursued | B |
| Say then does the unbodied spirit fly | C |
| To happier climes and to a better sky | C |
| Or sinking mixes with its kindred clay | D |
| And sleeps a whole eternity away | D |
| Or shall this form be once again renew'd | B |
| With all its frailties all its hopes endu'd | B |
| Acting once more on this detested stage | E |
| Passions of youth infirmities of age | E |
| I see in Tully what the ancients thought | F |
| And read unprejudic'd what moderns taught | F |
| But no conviction from my reading springs | G |
| Most dubious on the most important things | G |
| Yet one short moment would at once explain | H |
| What all philosophy has sought in vain | H |
| Would clear all doubt and terminate all pain | H |
| Why then not hasten that decisive hour | I |
| Still in my view and ever in my pow'r | J |
| Why should I drag along this life I hate | K |
| Without one thought to mitigate the weight | K |
| Whence this mysterious bearing to exist | L |
| When ev'ry joy is lost and ev'ry hope dismiss'd | L |
| In chains and darkness wherefore should I stay | D |
| And mourn in prison whilst I keep the key | M |
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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