The Salt Of The Earth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF CGCG| IF childhood were not in the world | A |
| But only men and women grown | B |
| No baby locks in tendrils curled | A |
| No baby blossoms blown | B |
| - | |
| Though men were stronger women fairer | C |
| And nearer all delights in reach | D |
| And verse and music uttered rarer | C |
| Tones of more godlike speech | D |
| - | |
| Though the utmost life of life s best hours | E |
| Found as it cannot now find words | F |
| Though desert sands were sweet as flowers | E |
| And flowers could sing like birds | F |
| - | |
| But children never heard them never | C |
| They felt a child s foot leap and run | G |
| This were a drearier star than ever | C |
| Yet looked upon the sun | G |
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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