Poet Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson

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The Burning Book Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A ABACDADA EFEFGHGH IFIFJJJJ KLKLJBJB

Or the Contented MetaphysicianA
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To the lore of no manner of menA
Would his vision have yieldedB
When he found what will never againA
From his vision be shieldedC
Though he paid with as much of his lifeD
As a nun could have givenA
And to night would have been as a knifeD
Devil drawn devil drivenA
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For to night with his flame weary eyesE
On the work he is doingF
He considers the tinder that fliesE
And the quick flame pursuingF
In the leaves that are crinkled and curledG
Are his ashes of gloryH
And what once were an end of the worldG
Is an end of a storyH
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But he smiles for no more shall his daysI
Be a toil and a callingF
For a way to make others to gazeI
On God's face without fallingF
He has come to the end of his wordsJ
And alone he rejoicesJ
In the choiring that silence affordsJ
Of ineffable voicesJ
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To a realm that his words may not reachK
He may lead none to find himL
An adept and with nothing to teachK
He leaves nothing behind himL
For the rest he will have his releaseJ
And his embers attendedB
By the large and unclamoring peaceJ
Of a dream that is endedB

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