To Dews. A Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEFGG| I burn I burn and beg of you | A |
| To quench or cool me with your dew | A |
| I fry in fire and so consume | B |
| Although the pile be all perfume | B |
| Alas the heat and death's the same | C |
| Whether by choice or common flame | C |
| To be in oil of roses drowned | D |
| Or water where's the comfort found | D |
| Both bring one death and I die here | E |
| Unless you cool me with a tear | F |
| Alas I call but ah I see | G |
| Ye cool and comfort all but me | G |
Robert Herrick
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