A Felicitous Life Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFG HIJ KLMN| His old age fell on years of abundant harvest | A |
| There were no earthquakes droughts or floods | B |
| It seemed as if the turning of the seasons gained in constancy | C |
| Stars waxed strong and the sun increased its might | D |
| Even in remote provinces no war was waged | E |
| Generations grew up friendly to fellow men | F |
| The rational nature of man was not a subject of derision | G |
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| It was bitter to say farewell to the earth so renewed | H |
| He was envious and ashamed of his doubt | I |
| Content that his lacerated memory would vanish with him | J |
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| Two days after his death a hurricane razed the coasts | K |
| Smoke came from volcanoes inactive for a hundred years | L |
| Lava sprawled over forests vineyards and towns | M |
| And war began with a battle on the islands | N |
Czeslaw Milosz
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