To Anthea, Who May Command Him Any Thing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DBDB EBEB FBFB GBGB HBHB| Bid me to live and I will live | A |
| Thy Protestant to be | B |
| Or bid me love and I will give | C |
| A loving heart to thee | B |
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| A heart as soft a heart as kind | D |
| A heart as sound and free | B |
| As in the whole world thou canst find | D |
| That heart I'll give to thee | B |
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| Bid that heart stay and it will stay | E |
| To honour thy decree | B |
| Or bid it languish quite away | E |
| And't shall do so for thee | B |
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| Bid me to weep and I will weep | F |
| While I have eyes to see | B |
| And having none yet I will keep | F |
| A heart to weep for thee | B |
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| Bid me despair and I'll despair | G |
| Under that cypress tree | B |
| Or bid me die and I will dare | G |
| E'en death to die for thee | B |
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| Thou art my life my love my heart | H |
| The very eyes of me | B |
| And hast command of every part | H |
| To live and die for thee | B |
Robert Herrick
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