A Sierran Sunrise Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF HIHI| Look yonder where the whitened orient skies | A |
| Grow splendid with the radiance of the dawn | B |
| O'er regal mountains that majestic rise | A |
| With misty purple robes about them drawn | B |
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| The painting of the masterpiece behold | C |
| That every morn before our careless eye | D |
| Nature portrays in crimson and in gold | C |
| Upon the canvas of the earth and sky | D |
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| Mark what unequaled and supernal hues | E |
| Ever the artist's dream and his despair | F |
| She doth with art supreme unrivaled use | G |
| To limn her vision wonderful and fair | F |
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| Long sought elusive Beauty here descends | H |
| And for a moment unto Nature s hand | I |
| Her star caught skill and inspiration lends | H |
| Whence springs this dawn miraculous and grand | I |
Clark Ashton Smith
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