Armand Barbes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACCDEDD FGGFFGGFHIHHII| Fire out of heaven a flower of perfect fire | A |
| That where the roots of life are had its root | B |
| And where the fruits of time are brought forth fruit | B |
| A faith made flesh a visible desire | A |
| That heard the yet unbreathing years respire | A |
| And speech break forth of centuries that sit mute | B |
| Beyond all feebler footprint of pursuit | B |
| That touched the highest of hope and went up higher | A |
| A heart love wounded whereto love was law | C |
| A soul reproachless without fear or flaw | C |
| A shining spirit without shadow of shame | D |
| A memory made of all men's love and awe | E |
| Being disembodied so thou be the same | D |
| What need O soul to sign thee with thy name | D |
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| All woes of all men sat upon thy soul | F |
| And all their wrongs were heavy on thy head | G |
| With all their wounds thy heart was pierced and bled | G |
| And in thy spirit as in a mourning scroll | F |
| The world's huge sorrows were inscribed by roll | F |
| All theirs on earth who serve and faint for bread | G |
| All banished men's all theirs in prison dead | G |
| Thy love had heart and sword hand for the whole | F |
| This was my day of glory didst thou say | H |
| When by the scaffold thou hadst hope to climb | I |
| For thy faith's sake they brought thee respite Nay | H |
| I shall not die then I have missed my day | H |
| O hero O our help O head sublime | I |
| Thy day shall be commensurate with time | I |
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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