Poet Edwin Arlington Robinson

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The Gift Of God Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJKJKJ LJLJMNMN OCOCJPJP JQJQRJRJ

Blessed with a joy that only sheA
Of all alive shall ever knowB
She wears a proud humilityA
For what it was that willed it soB
That her degree should be so greatC
Among the favored of the LordD
That she may scarcely bear the weightC
Of her bewildering rewardD
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As one apart immune aloneE
Or featured for the shining onesF
And like to none that she has knownE
Of other women's other sonsF
The firm fruition of her needG
He shines anointed and he blursH
Her vision till it seems indeedG
A sacrilege to call him hersH
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She fears a little for so muchI
Of what is best and hardly daresJ
To think of him as one to touchI
With aches indignities and caresJ
She sees him rather at the goalK
Still shining and her dream foretellsJ
The proper shining of a soulK
Where nothing ordinary dwellsJ
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Perchance a canvass of the townL
Would find him far from flags and shoutsJ
And leave him only the renownL
Of many smiles and many doubtsJ
Perchance the crude and common tongueM
Would havoc strangely with his worthN
But she with innocence unwrungM
Would read his name around the earthN
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And others knowing how this youthO
Would shine if love could make him greatC
When caught and tortured for the truthO
Would only writhe and hesitateC
While she arranging for his daysJ
What centuries could not fulfillP
Transmutes him with her faith and praiseJ
And has him shining where she willP
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She crowns him with her gratefulnessJ
And says again that life is goodQ
And should the gift of God be lessJ
In him than in her motherhoodQ
His fame though vague will not be smallR
As upward through her dream he faresJ
Half clouded with a crimson fallR
Of roses thrown on marble stairsJ

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Brynn : I think he was talking about a mother’s love for her son, but it has so much that pertains to my live for my husband and our marriage. Made me just cry!! Loved it
 
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