By Life Tormented Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCD DEFG HIJK LLMN MGKN LLOP QRLS TNUG VWXY

By life tormented and by cunning hopeA
When my soul surrenders in its battle with themB
Day and night I press my eyelids closedC
And sometimes I'm vouchsafed peculiar visionsD
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The gloom of quotidian existence deepensD
As after a bright flash of autumn lightningE
And only in the sky like a call from the heartF
The stars' golden eyelashes sparkleG
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And the flames of infinity are so transparentH
And the entire abyss of ether is so closeI
That I gaze direct from time into eternityJ
And recognize your flame universal sunK
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Motionless encircled by fiery rosesL
The living altar of the cosmos smoldersL
And in its smoke as in creative slumberM
All forces quiver eternity's a dreamN
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And all that rushes through the abyss of etherM
And every ray embodied or etherealG
Is but your reflection O universal sunK
It is but a dream but a fleeting dreamN
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Through the worldly breath of these reveriesL
I fly like smoke involuntarily disperseL
And in this vision in this deliriumO
I can live with ease and breathe without painP
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In the darkness and still of a mysterious nightQ
I see a fond and welcoming sparkR
From the chorus of spheres familiar eyesL
Shine upon a grave forgotten in the steppeS
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The grass has faded the desert is grimT
A lonely tomb dreams an orphan's dreamN
And only in the sky like an eternal ideaU
The stars' golden eyelashes sparkleG
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And I dream you've risen from the deadV
Unchanged since you departed the earthW
And I dream a dream we both are youngX
And you've looked at me as you did back thenY

Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet



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