They Had No Poet . . . Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB ACAD CAEA ADAC CACA ACAC CACA CACA| Vain was the chief's the sage's pride | A |
| They had no poet and they died POPE | B |
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| By Tigris or the streams of Ind | A |
| Ere Colchis rose or Babylon | C |
| Forgotten empires dreamed and sinned | A |
| Setting tall towns against the dawn | D |
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| Which when the proud Sun smote upon | C |
| Flashed fire for fire and pride for pride | A |
| Their names were Ask oblivion | E |
| They had no poet and they died | A |
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| Queens dusk of hair and tawny skinned | A |
| That loll where fellow leopards fawn | D |
| Their hearts are dust before the wind | A |
| Their loves that shook the world are wan | C |
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| Passion is mighty but anon | C |
| Strong Death has Romance for his bride | A |
| Their legends Ask oblivion | C |
| They had no poet and they died | A |
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| Heroes the braggart trumps that dinned | A |
| Their futile triumphs monarch pawn | C |
| Wild tribesmen kingdoms disciplined | A |
| Passed like a whirlwind and were gone | C |
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| They built with bronze and gold and brawn | C |
| The inner Vision still denied | A |
| Their conquests Ask oblivion | C |
| They had no poet and they died | A |
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| Dumb oracles and priests withdrawn | C |
| Was it but flesh they deified | A |
| Their gods were Ask oblivion | C |
| They had no poet and they died | A |
Don Marquis
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