To Keep A True Lent. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC EFFE GHHG IJJI KLLK| Is this a fast to keep | A |
| The larder lean | B |
| And clean | B |
| From fat of veals and sheep | A |
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| Is it to quit the dish | C |
| Of flesh yet still | D |
| To fill | D |
| The platter high with fish | C |
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| Is it to fast an hour | E |
| Or ragg'd to go | F |
| Or show | F |
| A downcast look and sour | E |
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| No 'tis a fast to dole | G |
| Thy sheaf of wheat | H |
| And meat | H |
| Unto the hungry soul | G |
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| It is to fast from strife | I |
| From old debate | J |
| And hate | J |
| To circumcise thy life | I |
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| To show a heart grief rent | K |
| To starve thy sin | L |
| Not bin | L |
| And that's to keep thy Lent | K |
Robert Herrick
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