To His Brother-in-law, Master John Wingfield Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEFGG H| For being comely consonant and free | A |
| To most of men but most of all to me | A |
| For so decreeing that thy clothes' expense | B |
| Keeps still within a just circumference | C |
| Then for contriving so to load thy board | D |
| As that the messes ne'er o'erlade the lord | D |
| Next for ordaining that thy words not swell | E |
| To any one unsober syllable | F |
| These I could praise thee for beyond another | G |
| Wert thou a Winstfield only not a brother | G |
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| nbsp | H |
Robert Herrick
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