From: A King Of Kings, A King Among The Kings Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DE FGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVCome let us rejoice in James Joyce in the greatness of this poet | A |
king and king of poets | B |
For he is our poor dead king he is the monarch and Caesar of English | C |
he is the veritable King of the King's English | C |
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The English of the life of the city | D |
and the English of music | E |
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Let them rejoice because he rejoiced and was joyous | F |
For his joy was superior it was supreme for it was accomplished | G |
After the suffering of much evil the evil of the torment of pride | H |
By the overcoming of disgust and despair by means of the confrontation of them | I |
By the enduring of nausea the supporting of exile the drawing from | J |
the silence of exile the pure arias of the | K |
hidden music of all things all beings | L |
For the joy of Joyce was earned by the sweat of the bow of his mind | M |
by the tears of the agony of his heart | N |
hence it was gained mastered and conquered | O |
hence it was not a gift and freely given | P |
a mercy often granted to masters | Q |
as if they miraculous were natural | R |
For he earned his joy and ours by the domination of evil by | S |
confrontation and the exorcism of language | T |
in all its powers of imitation and | U |
imagination and radiance and delight | V |
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