To Death Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEEFFGGHIJJ| Thou bidst me come away | A |
| And I'll no longer stay | A |
| Than for to shed some tears | B |
| For faults of former years | C |
| And to repent some crimes | D |
| Done in the present times | D |
| And next to take a bit | E |
| Of bread and wine with it | E |
| To don my robes of love | F |
| Fit for the place above | F |
| To gird my loins about | G |
| With charity throughout | G |
| And so to travel hence | H |
| With feet of innocence | I |
| These done I'll only cry | J |
| 'God mercy ' and so die | J |
Robert Herrick
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