The Old Wives' Prayer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCCDD| Holy Rood come forth and shield | A |
| Us i' th' city and the field | A |
| Safely guard us now and aye | B |
| From the blast that burns by day | C |
| And those sounds that us affright | C |
| In the dead of dampish night | C |
| Drive all hurtful fiends us fro | D |
| By the time the cocks first crow | D |
Robert Herrick
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