Ill-starred Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDDD ECF GHF I JTo bear a weight that cannot be borne | A |
Sisyphus even you aren't that strong | B |
Although your heart cannot be torn | A |
Time is short and Art is long | B |
Far from celebrated sepulchers | C |
Toward a solitary graveyard | D |
My heart like a drum muffled hard | D |
Beats a funeral march for the ill starred | D |
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mdash Many jewels are buried or shrouded | E |
In darkness and oblivion's clouds | C |
Far from any pick or drill bit | F |
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Many a flower unburdens with regret | G |
Its perfume sweet like a secret | H |
In profoundly empty solitude to sit | F |
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Translated by William A Sigler | I |
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Submitted by Ryan McGuire | J |
Charles Baudelaire
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