To The Muse Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKL MLNO PHQH ARRR DRST FURR| In your hidden memories | A |
| There are fatal tidings of doom | B |
| A curse on sacred traditions | C |
| A desecration of happiness | D |
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| And a power so alluring | E |
| That I am ready to repeat the rumour | F |
| That you have brought angels down from heaven | G |
| Enticing them with your beauty | H |
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| And when you mock at faith | I |
| That pale greyish purple halo | J |
| Which I once saw before | K |
| Suddenly begins to shine above you | L |
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| Are you evil or good You are altogether from another world | M |
| They say strange things about you | L |
| For some you are the Muse and a miracle | N |
| For me you are torment and hell | O |
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| I do not know why in the hour of dawn | P |
| When no strength was left to me | H |
| I did not perish but caught sight of your face | Q |
| And begged you to comfort me | H |
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| I wanted us to be enemies | A |
| Why then did you make me a present | R |
| Of a flowery meadow and of the starry firmament | R |
| The whole curse of your beauty | R |
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| Your fearful caresses were more treacherous | D |
| Than the northern night | R |
| More intoxicating than the golden champagne of A | S |
| Briefer than a gypsy woman's love | T |
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| And there was a fatal pleasure | F |
| In trampling on cherished and holy things | U |
| And this passion bitter as wormwood | R |
| Was a frenzied delight for the heart | R |
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok
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