The Unknowable Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCCDD EFEFGHGHBB FCICJHJHDD IKIKLMLMBB| O Sun resplendent in the smiling morn | A |
| As thou dost view the wastes of earth and sky | B |
| Canst thou behold the realms of the Unborn | A |
| Canst thou behold the realms of those who die | B |
| Where dwells the spirit e'er its mortal birth | C |
| E'er yet it suffereth | C |
| The pain and sorrow incident to earth | C |
| Where after death | C |
| The Sun gave answer with refulgent glow | D |
| Child of a fleeting hour thou too must die to know | D |
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| Canst tell thou jeweled canopy of space | E |
| Bewildering and boundless to the eyes | F |
| Knowest thou the unborn spirits' dwelling place | E |
| Knowest thou the distant regions of the skies | F |
| Where rest the spirits freed from mundane strife | G |
| From mortal grief and care | H |
| Knowest thou the secret of the future life | G |
| Canst thou tell where | H |
| From Space infinite echoed the reply | B |
| Child of a transient day thou too to know must die | B |
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| Ye Winds who blow and cleave the formless skies | F |
| Ye Winds who blow with desolating breath | C |
| Can ye reveal pre natal mysteries | I |
| And can ye solve the mystery of death | C |
| Within thy ambient and viewless folds | J |
| Imprisoned in the air | H |
| May not the spirits wait their earthly moulds | J |
| Then tell ye where | H |
| The answer came invisible and low | D |
| Frail child of earthly clay thou too must die to know | D |
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| What are your tidings O ye raging Seas | I |
| Do your waves wash the islands of the blest | K |
| Or view the Gardens of Hesperides | I |
| Know you the unborn spirits' place of rest | K |
| And do your waters lave that unknown shore | L |
| And when the night is gone | M |
| Shall the freed spirit tired and faint no more | L |
| Behold the dawn | M |
| The sad sea murmured as its waves rolled high | B |
| As all those gone before thou too to know must die | B |
Alfred Castner King
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