The Burning Ladder Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQJRS TDUVB| Jacob | A |
| never climbed the ladder | B |
| burning in his dream Sleep | C |
| pressed him like a stone | D |
| in the dust | E |
| and when | F |
| he should have risen | G |
| like a flame to join | H |
| that choir he was sick | I |
| of travelling | J |
| and closed | K |
| his eyes to the Seraphim | L |
| ascending unconscious | M |
| of the impossible distances | N |
| between their steps | O |
| missed | P |
| them mount the brilliant | Q |
| ladder slowly disappearing | J |
| into the scattered light | R |
| between the stars | S |
| slept | T |
| through it all a stone | D |
| upon a stone pillow | U |
| shivering Gravity | V |
| always greater than desire | B |
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