Ave Atque Vale: 13 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACCDEEDE| For sparing of his sacred strength not often | A |
| Among us darkling here the lord of light | B |
| Makes manifest his music and his might | B |
| In hearts that open and in lips that soften | A |
| With the soft flame and heat of songs that shine | C |
| Thy lips indeed he touched with bitter wine | C |
| And nourished them indeed with bitter bread | D |
| Yet surely from his hand thy soul's food came | E |
| The fire that scarred thy spirit at his flame | E |
| Was lighted and thine hungering heart he fed | D |
| Who feeds our hearts with fame | E |
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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