Noli Aemulari Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CBCB DADA EFEF| In controversial foul impureness | A |
| The peace that is thy light to thee | B |
| Quench not in faith and inner sureness | A |
| Possess thy soul and let it be | B |
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| No violence perverse persistent | C |
| What cannot be can bring to be | B |
| No zeal what is make more existent | C |
| And strife but blinds the eyes that see | B |
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| What though in blood their souls embruing | D |
| The great the good and wise they curse | A |
| Still sinning what they know not doing | D |
| Stand still forbear nor make it worse | A |
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| By curses by denunciation | E |
| The coming fate they cannot stay | F |
| Nor thou by fiery indignation | E |
| Though just accelerate the day | F |
Arthur Hugh Clough
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