A Nightmare Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFFF FGBGHFIF| Leagues before me leagues behind | A |
| Clamor warring wastes of flood | B |
| All the streams of all the worlds | C |
| Flung together mad of mood | D |
| Through the canon beats a sound | E |
| Regular of interval | F |
| Distant drumming muffled dull | F |
| Thunderously rhythmical | F |
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| Crafts slip by my startled soul | F |
| Soul that cowers a thing apart | G |
| They are corpuscles of blood | B |
| That's the throbbing of a heart | G |
| God of terrors am I mad | H |
| Through my body mine own soul | F |
| Shrunken to an atom's size | I |
| Voyages toward an unguessed goal | F |
Don Marquis
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