Israfel Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAAAB CDDCEEFF GHGIHGH JKJLKL MKMMKM CKCKK NOONO AAPAKAP| In Heaven a spirit doth dwell | A |
| Whose heart strings are a lute | B |
| None sing so wildly well | A |
| As the angel Israfel | A |
| And the giddy Stars so legends tell | A |
| Ceasing their hymns attend the spell | A |
| Of his voice all mute | B |
| - | |
| Tottering above | C |
| In her highest noon | D |
| The enamoured Moon | D |
| Blushes with love | C |
| While to listen the red levin | E |
| With the rapid Pleiads even | E |
| Which were seven | F |
| Pauses in Heaven | F |
| - | |
| And they say the starry choir | G |
| And the other listening things | H |
| That Israfeli's fire | G |
| Is owing to that lyre | I |
| By which he sits and sings | H |
| The trembling living wire | G |
| Of those unusual strings | H |
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| But the skies that angel trod | J |
| Where deep thoughts are a duty | K |
| Where Love's a grow up God | J |
| Where the Houri glances are | L |
| Imbued with all the beauty | K |
| Which we worship in a star | L |
| - | |
| Therefore thou art not wrong | M |
| Israfeli who despisest | K |
| An unimpassioned song | M |
| To thee the laurels belong | M |
| Best bard because the wisest | K |
| Merrily live and long | M |
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| The ecstasies above | C |
| With thy burning measures suit | K |
| Thy grief thy joy thy hate thy love | C |
| With the fervor of thy lute | K |
| Well may the stars be mute | K |
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| Yes Heaven is thine but this | N |
| Is a world of sweets and sours | O |
| Our flowers are merely flowers | O |
| And the shadow of thy perfect bliss | N |
| Is the sunshine of ours | O |
| - | |
| If I could dwell | A |
| Where Israfel | A |
| Hath dwelt and he where I | P |
| He might not sing so wildly well | A |
| A mortal melody | K |
| While a bolder note than this might swell | A |
| From my lyre within the sky | P |
Edgar Allan Poe
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