My Masterpiece Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED FGFGHIHI JEJEKLKL MNMNECEN EEEEOEOE PEPENNNN EEEEQNQN ACACRSRT NCNCAMAM

I wrote the truest tend'rest songA
The world had ever heardB
And clear melodious and strongA
And sweet was every wordB
The flowing numbers came to meC
Unbidden from the heartD
So pure the strain that poesyE
Seemed something more than artD
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No doubtful cadence marred a lineF
So tunefully it flowedG
And through the measure all divineF
The fire of genius glowedG
So deftly were the verses wroughtH
So fair the legend toldI
That every word revealed a thoughtH
And every thought was goldI
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Mine was the charm the power the skillJ
The wisdom of the yearsE
'Twas mine to move the world at willJ
To laughter or to tearsE
For subtile pleasantry was thereK
And brilliant flash of witL
Now pleading eyes were raised in prayerK
And now with smiles were litL
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I sang of hours when youth was kingM
And of one happy spotN
Where life and love were everythingM
And time was half forgotN
Of gracious days in woodland waysE
When every flower and treeC
Seemed echoing the sweetest phraseE
From lips in ArcadieN
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Of sagas old and Norseman bandsE
That sailed o'er northern seasE
Enchanting tales of fairy landsE
And strange philosophiesE
I sang of Egypt's fairest queenO
With passion's fatal curseE
Of that pale sad faced FlorentineO
As deathless as his verseE
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Of time of the Arcadian PanP
When dryads thronged the treesE
When Atalanta swiftly ranP
With fleet HippomenesE
Brave stories too did I relateN
Of battle flags unfurledN
Of glorious days when Greece was greatN
When Rome was all the worldN
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Of noble deeds for noble creedsE
Of woman's sacrificeE
The mother's stricken heart that bleedsE
For souls in ParadiseE
Anon I told a tale of shameQ
And while in tears I sleptN
Behold a white robed angel cameQ
And read the words and weptN
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And so I wrote my perfect songA
In such a wondrous keyC
I heard the plaudits of the throngA
And fame awaited meC
Alas the sullen morning brokeR
And came the tempest's roarS
'Mid discord trembling I awokeR
And lo my dream was o'erT
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Yet often in the quiet nightN
My song returns to meC
I seize the pen and fain would writeN
My long lost melodyC
But dreaming o'er the words ere longA
Comes vague rememberingM
And fades away the sweetest songA
That man can ever singM

Arthur Macy



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