Retrospect And Forecast Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBA CCDEFC| Turn round O Life and know with eyes aghast | A |
| The Breast that fed thee Death disguiseless stern | B |
| Even now within my mouth from tomb and urn | B |
| The dust is sweet All nurture that thou hast | A |
| Was once as thou and fed with lips made fast | A |
| On Death whose sateless mouth it fed in turn | B |
| Kingdoms abased and Thrones that starward yearn | B |
| All are but ghouls that batten on the past | A |
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| Monstrous and dread must it forever abide | C |
| This inescapable alternity | C |
| Must beauty blossom rooted in decay | D |
| And night devour its flaming hues alway | E |
| Sickening will Life not turn eventually | F |
| Or ravenous Death at last be satisfied | C |
Clark Ashton Smith
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