The Ransom Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDEFGHCCIJKLJ| Man with which to pay his ransom | A |
| has two fields of deep rich earth | B |
| which he must dig and bring to birth | B |
| with the iron blade of reason | C |
| To obtain the smallest rose | D |
| to garner a few ears of wheat | E |
| he must wet them without cease | F |
| with briny tears from his grey brow | G |
| One is Art Love is the other | H |
| To render his propitiation | C |
| on the day of conflagration | C |
| when the last strict reckoning s here | I |
| full of crops and flowers displays | J |
| he will have to show his barns | K |
| with those colours and those forms | L |
| that gain the Angels praise | J |
Charles Baudelaire
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