Cain Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CCCC DCCD ECCE CFFC CGGC| Lord shed thy light upon his desert path | A |
| And gild his branded brow that no man spill | B |
| His forfeit life to balk thy holy will | B |
| That spares him for the ripening of wrath | A |
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| Already lo the red sign is descried | C |
| To trembling jurors visibly revealed | C |
| The prison doors obediently yield | C |
| The baffled hangman flings the cord aside | C |
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| Powell the brother's blood that marks your trail | D |
| Hark how it cries against you from the ground | C |
| Like the far baying of the tireless hound | C |
| Faith to your ear it is no nightingale | D |
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| What signifies the date upon a stone | E |
| To morrow you shall die if not to day | C |
| What matter when the Avenger choose to slay | C |
| Or soon or late the Devil gets his own | E |
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| Thenceforth through all eternity you'll hold | C |
| No one advantage of the later death | F |
| Though you had granted Ralph another breath | F |
| Would he to day less silent lie and cold | C |
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| Earth cares not curst assassin when you die | C |
| You never will be readier than now | G |
| Wear in God's name that mark upon your brow | G |
| And keep the life you purchased with a lie | C |
Ambrose Bierce
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