The Sphinx Of The Infinite Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCADEAEFGAAHIJA| The mystery beyond all mysteries | A |
| Of which involves the lesser in itself | B |
| At night the shadows Many a flaming sun | C |
| Before the Sphinx whose eyes are firmaments | A |
| With all the constellations hath availed | D |
| As might the lonely fen light to illume | E |
| The abyss whereon it hovers All the worlds | A |
| Where Life a dreamer in the night of Time | E |
| Sees an eternal dawn upon the dark | F |
| Which is the curtain of impending sleep | G |
| Have not resolved the riddle of its silence | A |
| And falter at the last The very gods | A |
| From out their alien gloom or light unknown | H |
| Lift eyes of mighty question and are mute | I |
| While all the reflex of the empty gulf | J |
| Makes live the flaming mirror of their gaze | A |
Clark Ashton Smith
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