Theophilus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAA ABAB CDED AFAF GAGA| By what serene malevolence of names | A |
| Had you the gift of yours Theophilus | A |
| Not even a smeared young Cyclops at his games | A |
| Would have you long and you are one of us | A |
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| Told of your deeds I shudder for your dreams | A |
| And they no doubt are few and innocent | B |
| Meanwhile I marvel for in you it seems | A |
| Heredity outshines environment | B |
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| What lingering bit of Belial unforeseen | C |
| Survives and amplifies itself in you | D |
| What manner of devilry has ever been | E |
| That your obliquity may never do | D |
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| Humility befits a father's eyes | A |
| But not a friend of us would have him weep | F |
| Admiring everything that lives and dies | A |
| Theophilus we like you best asleep | F |
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| Sleep sleep and let us find another man | G |
| To lend another name less hazardous | A |
| Caligula maybe or Caliban | G |
| Or Cain but surely not Theophilus | A |
Edwin Arlington Robinson
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