From morning suns and evening dews At first thy little being came: If nothing once, you nothing lose, For when you die you are the same; The space between, is but an hour, The frail duration of a flower. 1. Who is the poet of the poem and what is the title of the poem? (2 points) 2. Tell the metrical structure and rhyme scheme of the poem. (1 point) 3. What does the “little being”refer to? What meaning is suggested by the phrase “but an hour”?

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