Madness Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGFG HIJI KLKL| For Sara Teasdale | A |
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| The lonely farm the crowded street | B |
| The palace and the slum | C |
| Give welcome to my silent feet | B |
| As bearing gifts I come | C |
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| Last night a beggar crouched alone | D |
| A ragged helpless thing | E |
| I set him on a moonbeam throne | D |
| Today he is a king | E |
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| Last night a king in orb and crown | F |
| Held court with splendid cheer | G |
| Today he tears his purple gown | F |
| And moans and shrieks in fear | G |
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| Not iron bars nor flashing spears | H |
| Not land nor sky nor sea | I |
| Nor love's artillery of tears | J |
| Can keep mine own from me | I |
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| Serene unchanging ever fair | K |
| I smile with secret mirth | L |
| And in a net of mine own hair | K |
| I swing the captive earth | L |
Alfred Joyce Kilmer (joyce)
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