Decadence Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC EEF GGF| By some strange antepast I have consumed | A |
| In a former star foregone the fruits of this | B |
| And frost and dust commingle in the kiss | B |
| Of love with my forsaken self entombed | A |
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| Quenched as of night and Lethe the great fire | C |
| Wherewith to lordlier suns my spirit burned | D |
| Bequeathes but ashes long and long inurned | D |
| To feed the darkling altars of desire | C |
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| O soul not all the further stars might fill | E |
| Nor any god constrain your stubborn will | E |
| Nor silence this your mouth with heaven's wine | F |
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| How wearily how humbly shall you crave | G |
| From the low Earth an everlasting grave | G |
| And from the dust its ancient anodyne | F |
Clark Ashton Smith
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