Fragment Iv Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCADBCD EDDEDDDDFFAAGGHIJIKK| What is Success Out of the endless ore | A |
| Of deep desire to coin the utmost gold | B |
| Of passionate memory to have lived so well | C |
| That the fifth moon when it swims up once more | A |
| Through orchard boughs where mating orioles build | D |
| And apple flowers unfold | B |
| Find not of that dear need that all things tell | C |
| The heart unburdened nor the arms unfilled | D |
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| O Love whereof my boyhood was the dream | E |
| My youth the beautiful novitiate | D |
| Life was so slight a thing and thou so great | D |
| How could I make thee less than all supreme | E |
| In thy sweet transports not alone I thought | D |
| Mingled the twain that panted breast to breast | D |
| The sun and stars throbbed with them they were caught | D |
| Into the pulse of Nature and possessed | D |
| By the same light that consecrates it so | F |
| Love 'tis the payment of the debt we owe | F |
| The beauty of the world and whensoe'er | A |
| In silks and perfume and unloosened hair | A |
| The loveliness of lovers face to face | G |
| Lies folded in the adorable embrace | G |
| Doubt not as of a perfect sacrifice | H |
| That soul partakes whose inspiration fills | I |
| The springtime and the depth of summer skies | J |
| The rainbow and the clouds behind the hills | I |
| That excellence in earth and air and sea | K |
| That makes things as they are the real divinity | K |
Alan Seeger
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