Suicide's Argument, The Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BBCC D EDFFEEE| A | |
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| Ere the birth of my life if I wished it or no | B |
| No question was asked me it could not be so | B |
| If the life was the question a thing sent to try | C |
| And to live on be YES what can NO be to die | C |
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| NATURE'S ANSWER | D |
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| Is't returned as 'twas sent Is't no worse for the wear | E |
| Think first what you ARE Call to mind what you WERE | D |
| I gave you innocence I gave you hope | F |
| Gave health and genius and an ample scope | F |
| Return you me guilt lethargy despair | E |
| Make out the invent'ry inspect compare | E |
| Then die if die you dare | E |
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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