Upon An Old Man: A Residentiary Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDEFGHH| Tread sirs as lightly as ye can | A |
| Upon the grave of this old man | A |
| Twice forty bating but one year | B |
| And thrice three weeks he lived here | C |
| Whom gentle fate translated hence | D |
| To a more happy residence | E |
| Yet reader let me tell thee this | F |
| Which from his ghost a promise is | G |
| If here ye will some few tears shed | H |
| He'll never haunt ye now he's dead | H |
Robert Herrick
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