Upon The Image Of Death Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BCBCDD EFEFDD GHGHDD IJIJDD KLKLDD MNMODD PQRQDD STUTDD VMVMDD| A | |
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| Before my face the picture hangs | B |
| That daily should put me in mind | C |
| Of those cold names and bitter pangs | B |
| That shortly I am like to find | C |
| But yet alas full little I | D |
| Do think hereon that I must die | D |
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| I often look upon a face | E |
| Most ugly grisly bare and thin | F |
| I often view the hollow place | E |
| Where eyes and nose had sometimes been | F |
| I see the bones across that lie | D |
| Yet little think that I must die | D |
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| I read the label underneath | G |
| That telleth me whereto I must | H |
| I see the sentence eke that saith | G |
| Remember man that thou art dust | H |
| But yet alas but seldom I | D |
| Do think indeed that I must die | D |
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| Continually at my bed's head | I |
| A hearse doth hang which doth me tell | J |
| That I ere morning may be dead | I |
| Though now I feel myself full well | J |
| But yet alas for all this I | D |
| Have little mind that I must die | D |
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| The gown which I do use to wear | K |
| The knife wherewith I cut my meat | L |
| And eke that old and ancient chair | K |
| Which is my only usual seat | L |
| All these do tell me I must die | D |
| And yet my life amend not I | D |
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| My ancestors are turned to clay | M |
| And many of my mates are gone | N |
| My youngers daily drop away | M |
| And can I think to 'scape alone | O |
| No no I know that I must die | D |
| And yet my life amend not I | D |
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| Not Solomon for all his wit | P |
| Nor Samson though he were so strong | Q |
| No king nor person ever yet | R |
| Could 'scape but death laid him along | Q |
| Wherefore I know that I must die | D |
| And yet my life amend not I | D |
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| Though all the East did quake to hear | S |
| Of Alexander's dreadful name | T |
| And all the West did likewise fear | U |
| To hear of Julius Caesar's fame | T |
| Yet both by death in dust now lie | D |
| Who then can 'scape but he must die | D |
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| If none can 'scape death's dreadful dart | V |
| If rich and poor his beck obey | M |
| If strong if wise if all do smart | V |
| Then I to 'scape shall have no way | M |
| Oh grant me grace O God that I | D |
| My life may mend sith I must die | D |
Robert Southwell
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