Eidolon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC EFE FGH| Chryselephantine clear as carven name | A |
| Before my gaze thy soul's eidolon stands | B |
| As on the threshold of the frozen lands | B |
| A frozen sun forevermore the same | A |
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| All passion that the passive marbles make | C |
| Imperishable in their shining sleep | D |
| Is thine and all the wan despairs that weep | D |
| With tears of ice and crystal cannot break | C |
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| The heart which like a ruby white and rare | E |
| In thy deep breast impenetrably gleams | F |
| More beautiful than any sphinx and fair | E |
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| As Aphrodite dead thine image seems | F |
| Guarding for ever in its golden eyes | G |
| The treasure of intagliate memories | H |
Clark Ashton Smith
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