Benjamin Fraser Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDBEFGHIJKBLMKNOPQ RAS| Their spirits beat upon mine | A |
| Like the wings of a thousand butterflies | B |
| I closed my eyes and felt their spirits vibrating | C |
| I closed my eyes yet I knew when their lashes | D |
| Fringed their cheeks from downcast eyes | B |
| And when they turned their heads | E |
| And when their garments clung to them | F |
| Or fell from them in exquisite draperies | G |
| Their spirits watched my ecstasy | H |
| With wide looks of starry unconcern | I |
| Their spirits looked upon my torture | J |
| They drank it as it were the water of life | K |
| With reddened cheeks brightened eyes | B |
| The rising flame of my soul made their spirits gilt | L |
| Like the wings of a butterfly drifting suddenly into sunlight | M |
| And they cried to me for life life life | K |
| But in taking life for myself | N |
| In seizing and crushing their souls | O |
| As a child crushes grapes and drinks | P |
| From its palms the purple juice | Q |
| I came to this wingless void | R |
| Where neither red nor gold nor wine | A |
| Nor the rhythm of life are known | S |
Edgar Lee Masters
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