Upon Love (2) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FFFG HIHI| A 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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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