A Charm Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEEFF GGEEHHII JKLMNNOOOO PPOOOO| Take of English earth as much | A |
| As either hand may rightly clutch | A |
| In the taking of it breathe | B |
| Prayer for all who lie beneath | C |
| Not the great nor well bespoke | D |
| But the mere uncounted folk | D |
| Of whose life and death is none | E |
| Report or lamentation | E |
| Lay that earth upon thy heart | F |
| And thy sickness shall depart | F |
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| It shall sweeten and make whole | G |
| Fevered breath and festered soul | G |
| It shall mightily restrain | E |
| Over busied hand and brain | E |
| It shall ease thy mortal strife | H |
| 'Gainst the immortal woe of life | H |
| Till thyself restored shall prove | I |
| By what grace the Heavens do move | I |
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| Take of English flowers these | J |
| Spring's full vaced primroses | K |
| Summer's wild wide hearted rose | L |
| Autumn's wall flowerr of the close | M |
| And thy darkness to illume | N |
| Winter's bee thronged ivy bloom | N |
| Seek and serve them where they bide | O |
| From Candlemas to Christmas tide | O |
| For these simples used aright | O |
| Can restore a failing sight | O |
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| These shall cleanse and purify | P |
| Webbed and inward turning eye | P |
| These shall show thee treasure hid | O |
| Thy familiar fields amid | O |
| And reveal which is thy need | O |
| Every man a King indeed | O |
Rudyard Kipling
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