Atherton's Gambit Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEE FFCCGGCC ABCCHIJJ KKLLCCMM NNCCOOPP| The Master played the bishop s pawn | A |
| For jest while Atherton looked on | B |
| The master played this way and that | C |
| And Atherton amazed thereat | C |
| Said Now I have a thing in view | D |
| That will enlighten one or two | D |
| And make a difference or so | E |
| In what it is they do not know | E |
| - | |
| The morning stars together sang | F |
| And forth a mighty music rang | F |
| Not heard by many save as told | C |
| Again through magic manifold | C |
| By such a few as have to play | G |
| For others in the Master s way | G |
| The music that the Master made | C |
| When all the morning stars obeyed | C |
| - | |
| Atherton played the bishop s pawn | A |
| While more than one or two looked on | B |
| Atherton played this way and that | C |
| And many a friend amused thereat | C |
| Went on about his business | H |
| Nor cared for Atherton the less | I |
| A few stood longer by the game | J |
| With Atherton to them the same | J |
| - | |
| The morning stars are singing still | K |
| To crown to challenge and to kill | K |
| And if perforce there falls a voice | L |
| On pious ears that have no choice | L |
| Except to urge an erring hand | C |
| To wreak its homage on the land | C |
| Who of us that is worth his while | M |
| Will if he listen more than smile | M |
| - | |
| Who of us being what he is | N |
| May scoff at others ecstasies | N |
| However we may shine to day | C |
| More shining ones are on the way | C |
| And so it were not wholly well | O |
| To be at odds with Azrael | O |
| Nor were it kind of any one | P |
| To sing the end of Atherton | P |
Edwin Arlington Robinson
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