Meditation For His Mistress Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAA BBB CCD EEE FFF GHH IJJ| You are a Tulip seen to day | A |
| But Dearest of so short a stay | A |
| That where you grew scarce man can say | A |
| - | |
| You are a lovely July flower | B |
| Yet one rude wind or ruffling shower | B |
| Will force you hence and in an hour | B |
| - | |
| You are a sparkling Rose i'th' bud | C |
| Yet lost ere that chaste flesh and blood | C |
| Can show where you or grew or stood | D |
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| You are a full spread fair set Vine | E |
| And can with tendrils love entwine | E |
| Yet dried ere you distil your wine | E |
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| You are like Balm enclosed well | F |
| In amber or some crystal shell | F |
| Yet lost ere you transfuse your smell | F |
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| You are a dainty Violet | G |
| Yet wither'd ere you can be set | H |
| Within the virgins coronet | H |
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| You are the Queen all flowers among | I |
| But die you must fair maid ere long | J |
| As he the maker of this song | J |
Robert Herrick
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