Habit Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB AB CD CD EF EF G H IH| So then Wilt use me as a garment Well | A |
| 'Tis man's high impudence to think he may | B |
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| But I who am as old as heav'n and hell | A |
| I am not lightly to be east away | B |
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| Wilt run a race Then I will run with thee | C |
| And stay thy steps or speed thee to the goal | D |
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| Wilt dare a fight Then of a certainty | C |
| I'll aid thy foeman or sustain thy soul | D |
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| Lo at thy marriage feast upon one hand | E |
| Face of thy bride and on the other mine | F |
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| Lo at thy couch of sickness close I stand | E |
| And taint the cup or make it more benign | F |
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| Yea hark the very son thou hast begot | G |
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| One day doth give thee certain sign and cry | H |
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| Hold thou thy peace frighted or frighted not | I |
| That look that sign that presence it is I | H |
Margaret Steele Anderson
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