The Abyss Triumphant Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABA CDEE BBFB EEBE| The force of suns had waned beyond recall | A |
| Chaos was re established over all | A |
| Where lifeless atoms through forgetful deeps | B |
| Fled unrelated cold immusical | A |
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| Above the tumult heaven alone endured | C |
| Long since the bursting walls of hell had poured | D |
| Demon and damned to peace erstwhile denied | E |
| Within the Abyss God's might had not immured | E |
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| He could but thwart it with creative mace | B |
| And now it rose about the heavenly Base | B |
| Mordant at pillars rotten through and through | F |
| Of Matter's last most firm abiding place | B |
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| Bastion and minaret began to nod | E |
| Till all the pile unmindful of His rod | E |
| Dissolved in thunder and the void Abyss | B |
| Caught like a quicksand at the feet of God | E |
Clark Ashton Smith
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