Anonymous Plays: Xvii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACCBDDBYE TOO dim watchfires of some darkling hour | A |
Whose fame forlorn time saves not nor proclaims | B |
For ever but forgetfulness defames | B |
And darkness and the shadow of death devour | A |
Lift up ye too your light put forth your power | A |
Let the far twilight feel your soft small flames | B |
And smile albeit night name not even their names | B |
Ghost by ghost passing flower blown down on flower | A |
That sweet tongued shadow like a star s that passed | C |
Singing and light was from its darkness cast | C |
To paint the face of Painting fair with praise | B |
And that wherein forefigured smiles the pure | D |
Fraternal face of Wordsworth s Elidure | D |
Between two child faced masks of merrier days | B |
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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