An Oriental Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGEHE FIFIJFKF| The last red rays of the sun are glowing | A |
| On minaret and wall | B |
| Slowly they sink so slowly going | A |
| And the shadows spread o'er all | B |
| And loudly thru the gleaming rings | C |
| The muezzin's call to prayer | D |
| I smile and think of other things | C |
| Of heaven and all that is there | D |
| - | |
| Yet into my brain there steals | E |
| Slowly sweet thoughts of thee | F |
| While my knee to Allah kneels | E |
| My heart in secret kneels to thee | F |
| My brain is a chamber haunted | G |
| By the image of thy face | E |
| 'Tis a holy shrine enchanted | H |
| By thy lingering sensuous grace | E |
| - | |
| But welcome the ghost that haunts me | F |
| The image of my sweet | I |
| Dear is the face that enchants me | F |
| And the eyes have brought me to thy feet | I |
| Where are the waters that can quench | J |
| My quenchless love for thee | F |
| For there is no earthly power or strength | K |
| That can separate thou and me | F |
Clark Ashton Smith
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