The Rapture Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJ KLMMNNOOPPBBHH| I drank your flesh and when the soul brimmed up | A |
| In that sufficing cup | A |
| Then slowly steadfastly I drank your soul | B |
| Thus I possessed you whole | B |
| And then I saw you white and vague and warm | C |
| And happy as that storm | C |
| Enveloped you in its delirious peace | D |
| And fearing but release | D |
| Perfectly glad to be so lost and found | E |
| And without wonder drowned | E |
| In little shuddering quick waves of bliss | F |
| Then I beholding this | F |
| More wonderingly than a little lake | G |
| That the white moon should make | G |
| Her nest among its waters being free | H |
| Of the whole land and sea | H |
| Remembered in that utmost pause that heaven | I |
| Is to each angel given | I |
| As wholly as to Michael or the Lord | J |
| And of the saints' reward | J |
| There is no first or last supreme delight | K |
| Being one and infinite | L |
| Then I was quieted and had no fear | M |
| That such a thing so dear | M |
| And so incredible being thus divine | N |
| Should be and should be mine | N |
| And should not suddenly vanish away | O |
| Now as the lonely day | O |
| Forgets the night and calls the world from dreams | P |
| This too with daylight seems | P |
| A thing that might be dreaming for my soul | B |
| Seems to possess you whole | B |
| And every nerve remembers can it be | H |
| This young delight is old as memory | H |
Arthur Symons
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