To His Closet-gods Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDEFFFFFFFF| When I go hence ye Closet Gods I fear | A |
| Never again to have ingression here | B |
| Where I have had whatever thing could be | C |
| Pleasant and precious to my muse and me | C |
| Besides rare sweets I had a book which none | D |
| Could read the intext but myself alone | E |
| About the cover of this book there went | F |
| A curious comely clean compartlement | F |
| And in the midst to grace it more was set | F |
| A blushing pretty peeping rubelet | F |
| But now 'tis closed and being shut and seal'd | F |
| Be it O be it never more reveal'd | F |
| Keep here still Closet Gods 'fore whom I've set | F |
| Oblations oft of sweetest marmelet | F |
Robert Herrick
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