Ecclesiastical Sonnets - Part Ii. - Xli - Distractions Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBCDEFGFE| Men who have ceased to reverence soon defy | A |
| Their forefathers lo sects are formed and split | B |
| With morbid restlessness the ecstatic fit | B |
| Spreads wide though special mysteries multiply | A |
| 'The Saints must govern' is their common cry | A |
| And so they labour deeming Holy Writ | B |
| Disgraced by aught that seems content to sit | B |
| Beneath the roof of settled Modesty | C |
| The Romanist exults fresh hope he draws | D |
| From the confusion craftily incites | E |
| The overweening personates the mad | F |
| To heap disgust upon the worthier Cause | G |
| Totters the Throne the new born Church is sad | F |
| For every wave against her peace unites | E |
William Wordsworth
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