Upon Time Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCB DEDEDE FGFGHG| Time was upon | A |
| The wing to fly away | B |
| And I call'd on | A |
| Him but awhile to stay | B |
| But he'd be gone | C |
| For aught that I could say | B |
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| He held out then | D |
| A writing as he went | E |
| And ask'd me when | D |
| False man would be content | E |
| To pay again | D |
| What God and Nature lent | E |
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| An hour glass | F |
| In which were sands but few | G |
| As he did pass | F |
| He shew'd and told me too | G |
| Mine end near was | H |
| And so away he flew | G |
Robert Herrick
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