The Affliction Of Richard Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE FGFGHIHI JKJKLMLM| Love not too much But how | A |
| When thou hast made me such | B |
| And dost thy gifts bestow | C |
| How can I love too much | B |
| Though I must fear to lose | D |
| And drown my joy in care | E |
| With all its thorns I choose | D |
| The path of love and prayer | E |
| - | |
| Though thou I know not why | F |
| Didst kill my childish trust | G |
| That breach with toil did I | F |
| Repair because I must | G |
| And spite of frighting schemes | H |
| With which the fiends of Hell | I |
| Blaspheme thee in my dreams | H |
| So far I have hoped well | I |
| - | |
| But what the heavenly key | J |
| What marvel in me wrought | K |
| Shall quite exculpate thee | J |
| I have no shadow of thought | K |
| What am I that complain | L |
| The love from which began | M |
| My question sad and vain | L |
| Justifies thee to man | M |
Robert Seymour Bridges
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