Meditation For His Mistress Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAA BBB CCD EEE FFF GHH IJJYou are a Tulip seen to day | A |
But Dearest of so short a stay | A |
That where you grew scarce man can say | A |
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You are a lovely July flower | B |
Yet one rude wind or ruffling shower | B |
Will force you hence and in an hour | B |
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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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