Repentance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFG HBHB IBIB| If you repent the Parson said | A |
| Your sins will be forgiven | B |
| Aye even on your dying bed | A |
| You're not too late for heaven | B |
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| That's just my cup of tea I thought | C |
| Though for my sins I sorrow | D |
| Since salvation is easy bought | E |
| I will repent to morrow | D |
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| To morrow and to morrow went | F |
| But though my youth was flying | G |
| I was reluctant to repent | F |
| having no fear of dying | G |
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| 'Tis plain I mused the more I sin | H |
| To Satan's jubilation | B |
| When I repent the more I'll win | H |
| Celestial approbation | B |
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| So still I sin and though I fail | I |
| To get snow whitely shriven | B |
| My timing's good I home to hail | I |
| The last bus up to heaven | B |
Robert William Service
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