Geotheos Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBABB CDDCDD EFFEFF CGGCGG HIIHII| As sweet as the look of a lover | A |
| Saluting the eyes of a maid | B |
| That blossom to blue as the maid | B |
| Is ablush to the glances above her | A |
| The sunshine is gilding the glade | B |
| And lifting the lark out of shade | B |
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| Sing therefore high praises and therefore | C |
| Sing songs that are ancient as gold | D |
| Of earth in her garments of gold | D |
| Nor ask of their meaning nor wherefore | C |
| They charm as of yore for behold | D |
| The Earth is as fair as of old | D |
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| Sing songs of the pride of the mountains | E |
| And songs of the strength of the seas | F |
| And the fountains that fall to the seas | F |
| From the hands of the hills and the fountains | E |
| That shine in the temples of trees | F |
| In valleys of roses and bees | F |
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| Sing songs that are dreamy and tender | C |
| Of slender Arabian palms | G |
| And shadows that circle the palms | G |
| Where caravans out of the splendor | C |
| Are kneeling in blossoms and balms | G |
| In islands of infinite calms | G |
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| Barbaric O Man was thy runing | H |
| When mountains were stained as with wine | I |
| By the dawning of Time and as wine | I |
| Were the seas yet its echoes are crooning | H |
| Achant in the gusty pine | I |
| And the pulse of the poet's line | I |
Ambrose Bierce
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