Lichens Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCBDAEDEAFGHFGH| Pale green and black and bronze and grey | A |
| In broken arabesque and foliate star | B |
| They cling so closely grown | C |
| Upon the sombre stone | C |
| That one would deem they are | B |
| As much a part thereof as the design | D |
| Is part of some old porcelain from Cathay | A |
| Some vase of Tang or Ming | E |
| Patterned with blossoms intricate and fine | D |
| And leaves of alien spring | E |
| Exempt forever from the year's decay | A |
| Old too they seem and with the stones coeval | F |
| Fraught with the stillness and the mystery | G |
| Of time not known to man | H |
| Like runes and pentacles of a primeval | F |
| Unhuman wizardry | G |
| That none may use nor scan | H |
Clark Ashton Smith
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