Saul And David Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFFE GFFG HIIJ KLLK MFFM| It was a villainous spirit snub nosed foul | A |
| Of breath thick taloned and malevolent | B |
| That squatted within him wheresoever he went | C |
| And possessed the soul of Saul | D |
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| There was no peace on pillow or on throne | E |
| In dreams the toothless dwarfed and squinny eyed | F |
| Started a joyful rumor that he had died | F |
| Unfriended and alone | E |
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| The doctors were confounded In his distress he | G |
| Put aside arrogant ways and condescended | F |
| To seek among the flocks where they were tended | F |
| By the youngest son of Jesse | G |
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| A shepherd boy but goodly to look upon | H |
| Unnoticed but God favored sturdy of limb | I |
| As Michelangelo later imagined him | I |
| Comely even in his frown | J |
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| Shall a mere shepherd provide the cure of kings | K |
| Heaven itself delights in ironies such | L |
| As this in which a boy's fingers would touch | L |
| Pythagorean strings | K |
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| And by a modal artistry assemble | M |
| The very Sons of Morning the ranked and choired | F |
| Heavens in sweet laudation of the Lord | F |
| And make Saul cease to tremble | M |
Anthony Evan Hecht
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