Upon Love (2) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FFFG HIHIA crystal vial Cupid brought | A |
Which had a juice in it | B |
Of which who drank he said no thought | A |
Of Love he should admit | B |
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I greedy of the prize did drink | C |
And emptied soon the glass | D |
Which burnt me so that I do think | C |
The fire of hell it was | E |
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Give me my earthen cups again | F |
The crystal I contemn | F |
Which though enchased with pearls contain | F |
A deadly draught in them | G |
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And thou O Cupid come not to | H |
My threshold since I see | I |
For all I have or else can do | H |
Thou still wilt cozen me | I |
Robert Herrick
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