The Phoenix Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDEFFGGEEHHGG| I I alone have seen the Phoenix fail | A |
| His regal wings their vibrant glories vail | A |
| In gyres of baffled crimson flagging gold | B |
| Below the heaven of his conquests old | B |
| I I alone have seen the Phoenix build | C |
| His pyre with bitter myrrh and spices filled | C |
| Amid the ardent waste and none but I | D |
| Has known his death and immortality | E |
| Has watched the yellowy teeth of flame consume | F |
| Shell tinted beak and heaven painted plume | F |
| Has heard the fatal anguish of his cries | G |
| And felt the fierce despair with which he dies | G |
| Oblivious of that rebirth to he | E |
| Nor shall another know the mystery | E |
| Of flames that turn to plumes and ashes stirred | H |
| To yield once more the fiery crested bird | H |
| With beating rainbow pinions that arise | G |
| And take again the lost Sabean skies | G |
Clark Ashton Smith
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