Samuel Pepys Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGHG IJIJ KLKL MNMN OPOP| Like as the Oak whose roots descend | A |
| Through earth and stillness seeking food | B |
| Most apt to furnish in the end | A |
| That dense indomitable wood | C |
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| Which felled may arm a seaward flank | D |
| Of Ostia's mole or bent to frame | E |
| The beaked Liburnian's triple bank | D |
| Carry afar the Roman name | E |
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| But which a tree the season moves | F |
| Through gentler Gods than Wind or Tide | G |
| Delightedly to harbour doves | H |
| Or take some clasping vine for bride | G |
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| So this man prescient to ensure | I |
| Since even now his orders hold | J |
| A little State might ride secure | I |
| At sea from foes her sloth made bold | J |
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| Turned in his midmost harried round | K |
| As Venus drove or Liber led | L |
| And snatched from any shrine he found | K |
| The Stolen Draught the Secret Bread | L |
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| Nor these alone His life betrayed | M |
| No gust unslaked no pleasure missed | N |
| He called the obedient Nine to aid | M |
| The varied chase And Clio kissed | N |
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| Bidding him write each sordid love | O |
| Shame panic stratagem and lie | P |
| In full that sinners undiscov | O |
| ered like ourselves might say 'Tis I | P |
Rudyard Kipling
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