A Vindication Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACADEFGHIJKLAM| If heaven loved not the wine | A |
| A Wine Star would not be in heaven | B |
| If earth loved not the wine | A |
| The Wine Spring would not be on the earth | C |
| Since heaven and earth love the wine | A |
| Need a tippling mortal be ashamed | D |
| The transparent wine I hear | E |
| Has the soothing virtue of a sage | F |
| While the turgid is rich they say | G |
| As the fertile mind of the wise | H |
| Both the sage and the wise were drinkers | I |
| Why seek for peers among gods and goblins | J |
| Three cups open the grand door to bliss | K |
| Take a jugful the universe is yours | L |
| Such is the rapture of the wine | A |
| That the sober shall never inherit | M |
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