Mystery Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDE FGGH IJJI KLLK MNNM| To me who have but known | A |
| The senses' doubtful lore | B |
| Thy soul is evermore | B |
| Mysterious as mine own | A |
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| With ears I strive to hear | C |
| A song that is not sound | D |
| With eyes to pierce the bound | D |
| Of things unseen and dear | E |
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| But in delectable | F |
| Dark ways and wordless speech | G |
| Our hearts throb each to each | G |
| The tale we cannot tell | H |
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| The flesh unto the flesh | I |
| Utters deliciously | J |
| Desire and ecstasy | J |
| Through all its subtle mesh | I |
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| In a swift glance or in | K |
| The close and eyeless night | L |
| As light that meets with light | L |
| My soul has seemed to win | K |
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| Communion clear with thine | M |
| Has found the oblivion deep | N |
| Which is not death nor sleep | N |
| But ampler life divine | M |
Clark Ashton Smith
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