The Kingdom Of Shadows Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC EFFE GBBG HIIH JKKL MNNM OPPO QRRQ ABBA| A crownless king who reigns alone | A |
| I live within this ashen land | B |
| Where winds rebuild from wandering sand | B |
| My columns and my crumbled throne | A |
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| My sway is on the men that were | C |
| And wan sweet women dear and dead | D |
| Beside a marble queen my bed | D |
| Is made within this sepulcher | C |
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| In gardens desolate to the sun | E |
| Faring alone I sigh to find | F |
| The dusty closes dim and blind | F |
| Where winter and the spring are one | E |
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| My shadowy visage grey with grief | G |
| In sunken waters walled with sand | B |
| I see where all mine ancient land | B |
| Lies yellow like an autumn leaf | G |
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| My silver lutes of subtle string | H |
| Are rust but on the grievous breeze | I |
| I hear what sobbing memories | I |
| And muted sorrows murmuring | H |
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| Across the broken monuments | J |
| Memorial of the dreams of old | K |
| The sunset flings a ghostly gold | K |
| To mock mine ancient affluence | L |
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| About the tombs of stone and brass | M |
| The silver lights of evening flee | N |
| And slowly now and solemnly | N |
| I see the pomp of shadows pass | M |
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| Often beneath some fervid moon | O |
| With splendid spells I vainly strive | P |
| Dead loves imperial to revive | P |
| And speak a heart remembered rune | O |
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| But ah the lovely phantoms fail | Q |
| The faces fade to mist and light | R |
| The vermeil lips of my delight | R |
| Are dim the eyes are ashen pale | Q |
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| A crownless king who reigns alone | A |
| I live within this ashen land | B |
| Where winds rebuild from wandering sand | B |
| My columns and my crumbled throne | A |
Clark Ashton Smith
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