Yet my soul drew backīut quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slack So the movement from one line to next forms a chain: the first line ends with talk of ‘deservèd praise’, so the second line begins by talking about ‘praise deservèd’ this second line in turn ends ‘unto Thee I give’, leading into the third line which begins ‘I give to Thee’ and so on, until we end up where we started, with ‘a crown of praise’ returning us to the first line of the poem, ‘A wreathèd garland of deservèd praise’. The progression of its lines, and its rhyme scheme, both reflect the wreath’s circularity, a symbol of totality and connection. Since this poem is about a wreath, Herbert creatively suggests the shape of a wreath through the rhyme scheme of his poem.
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