Saint, Revolutionist Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDCE FGHIJJDD KGLMMNN OOPQQPDD| Saint revolutionist | A |
| God and sage know well | B |
| That there is a place | C |
| Where that much rung bell | B |
| The well beloved body | D |
| And its sensitive face | C |
| Must be sacrificed | E |
| - | |
| There is it seems in this | F |
| A something meaningless | G |
| Hanging without support | H |
| And yet too dear to touch | I |
| That life should seek its end | J |
| Where no will can descend | J |
| Facing a gun to see | D |
| Long actuality | D |
| - | |
| What is this that is | K |
| The good of nothingness | G |
| The death of Socrates | L |
| And that strange man on the cross | M |
| Seeking out all loss | M |
| For men love life until | N |
| It shames both face and will | N |
| - | |
| Neither in hell nor heaven | O |
| Is the answer given | O |
| Both are a servant's pay | P |
| But they wish to know | Q |
| how far the will can go | Q |
| Lest their infinite play | P |
| And their desires be | D |
| Shadow and mockery | D |
Delmore Schwartz
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