Unknown Ideal Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJKLKL| Whose is the voice that will not let me rest | A |
| I hear it speak | B |
| Where is the shore will gratify my quest | A |
| Show what I seek | B |
| Not yours weak Muse to mimic that far voice | C |
| With halting tongue | D |
| No peace sweet land to bid my heart rejoice | C |
| Your groves among | D |
| - | |
| Whose is the loveliness I know is by | E |
| Yet cannot place | F |
| Is it perfection of the sea or sky | E |
| Or human face | F |
| Not yours my pencil to delineate | G |
| The splendid smile | H |
| Blind in the sun we struggle on with Fate | G |
| That glows the while | H |
| - | |
| Whose are the feet that pass me echoing | I |
| On unknown ways | J |
| Whose are the lips that only part to sing | I |
| Through all my days | J |
| Not yours fond youth to fill mine eager eyes | K |
| Or find that shore | L |
| That will not let me rest nor satisfies | K |
| For evermore | L |
Dora Sigerson Shorter
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