To Perllla Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEEFFGGHHAAII| Ah my Perilla dost thou grieve to see | A |
| Me day by day to steal away from thee | A |
| Age calls me hence and my gray hairs bid come | B |
| And haste away to mine eternal home | C |
| 'Twill not be long Perilla after this | D |
| That I must give thee the supremest kiss | D |
| Dead when I am first cast in salt and bring | E |
| Part of the cream from that religious spring | E |
| With which Perilla wash my hands and feet | F |
| That done then wind me in that very sheet | F |
| Which wrapt thy smooth limbs when thou didst implore | G |
| The Gods' protection but the night before | G |
| Follow me weeping to my turf and there | H |
| Let fall a primrose and with it a tear | H |
| Then lastly let some weekly strewings be | A |
| Devoted to the memory of me | A |
| Then shall my ghost not walk about but keep | I |
| Still in the cool and silent shades of sleep | I |
Robert Herrick
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