From: A King Of Kings, A King Among The Kings Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DE FGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUV| Come 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 |
Delmore Schwartz
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