An Ode To Master Endymion Porter, Upon His Brother's Death Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCD EFGGHHH IIBBJJJ KKLLMMM| Not all thy flushing suns are set | A |
| Herrick as yet | A |
| Nor doth this far drawn hemisphere | B |
| Frown and look sullen ev'rywhere | B |
| Days may conclude in nights and suns may rest | C |
| As dead within the west | C |
| Yet the next morn regild the fragrant east | D |
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| Alas for me that I have lost | E |
| E'en all almost | F |
| Sunk is my sight set is my sun | G |
| And all the loom of life undone | G |
| The staff the elm the prop the shelt'ring wall | H |
| Whereon my vine did crawl | H |
| Now now blown down needs must the old stock fall | H |
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| Yet Porter while thou keep'st alive | I |
| In death I thrive | I |
| And like a phoenix re aspire | B |
| From out my nard and fun'ral fire | B |
| And as I prune my feathered youth so I | J |
| Do mar'l how I could die | J |
| When I had thee my chief preserver by | J |
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| I'm up I'm up and bless that hand | K |
| Which makes me stand | K |
| Now as I do and but for thee | L |
| I must confess I could not be | L |
| The debt is paid for he who doth resign | M |
| Thanks to the gen'rous vine | M |
| Invites fresh grapes to fill his press with wine | M |
Robert Herrick
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