The Village Atheist Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGFAHFIJBKLBM| Ye young debaters over the doctrine | A |
| Of the soul's immortality | B |
| I who lie here was the village atheist | C |
| Talkative contentious versed in the arguments | D |
| Of the infidels | E |
| But through a long sickness | F |
| Coughing myself to death | G |
| I read the Upanishads and the poetry of Jesus | F |
| And they lighted a torch of hope and intuition | A |
| And desire which the Shadow | H |
| Leading me swiftly through the caverns of darkness | F |
| Could not extinguish | I |
| Listen to me ye who live in the senses | J |
| And think through the senses only | B |
| Immortality is not a gift | K |
| Immortality is an achievement | L |
| And only those who strive mightily | B |
| Shall possess it | M |
Edgar Lee Masters
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