Prelude To Space Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDD EFEFGG HIHIJK LMLMNN| An Epithaliamium | A |
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| So Man grown vigorous now | B |
| Holds himself ripe to breed | C |
| Daily devises how | B |
| To ejaculate his seed | C |
| And boldly fertilize | D |
| The black womb of the unconsenting skies | D |
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| Some now alive expect | E |
| I am told to see the large | F |
| Steel member grow erect | E |
| Turgid with the fierce charge | F |
| Of our whole planet's skill | G |
| Courage wealth knowledge concentrated will | G |
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| Straining with lust to stamp | H |
| Our likeness on the abyss | I |
| Bombs gallows Belsen camp | H |
| Pox polio Thais' kiss | I |
| Or Judas Moloch's fires | J |
| And Torquemada's sons resemble sires | K |
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| Shall we when the grim shape | L |
| Roars upward dance and sing | M |
| Yes if we honour rape | L |
| If we take pride to Ring | M |
| So bountifully on space | N |
| The sperm of our long woes our large disgrace | N |
Clive Staples Lewis
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