Ave Atque Vale: 04 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAAAACCAC| O sleepless heart and sombre soul unsleeping | A |
| That were athirst for sleep and no more life | B |
| And no more love for peace and no more strife | B |
| Now the dim gods of death have in their keeping | A |
| Spirit and body and all the springs of song | A |
| Is it well now where love can do no wrong | A |
| Where stingless pleasure has no foam or fang | A |
| Behind the unopening closure of her lips | C |
| Is it not well where soul from body slips | C |
| And flesh from bone divides without a pang | A |
| As dew from flower bell drips | C |
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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