Commemoration Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF ABAB| When first your glory shone upon my face | A |
| My body kindled to a mighty flame | B |
| And burnt you yielding in my hot embrace | A |
| Until you swooned to love breathing my name | B |
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| And wonder came and filled our night of sleep | C |
| Like a new comet crimsoning the sky | D |
| And stillness like the stillness of the deep | C |
| Suspended lay as an unuttered sigh | D |
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| I never again shall feel your warm heart flushed | E |
| Panting with passion naked unto mine | F |
| Until the throbbing world around is hushed | E |
| To quiet worship at our scented shrine | F |
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| Nor will your glory seek my swarthy face | A |
| To kindle and to change my jaded frame | B |
| Into a miracle of godlike grace | A |
| Transfigured bathed in your immortal flame | B |
Claude Mckay
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