Two Quatrains Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDCE A F GHIH| I | A |
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| Unity | B |
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| As eons of incalculable strife | C |
| Are in the vision of one moment caught | D |
| So are the common concrete things of life | C |
| Divinely shadowed on the walls of Thought | E |
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| II | A |
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| Paraphrase | F |
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| We shriek to live but no man ever lives | G |
| Till he has rid the ghost of human breath | H |
| We dream to die but no man ever dies | I |
| Till he has quit the road that runs to death | H |
Edwin Arlington Robinson
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