Two Sonnets Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCDBECB FGHFIH A JKKJJLLJ MNNOMO| I | A |
| - | |
| Just as I wonder at the twofold screen | B |
| Of twisted innocence that you would plait | C |
| For eyes that uncourageously await | C |
| The coming of a kingdom that has been | D |
| So do I wonder what God's love can mean | B |
| To you that all so strangely estimate | E |
| The purpose and the consequent estate | C |
| Of one short shuddering step to the Unseen | B |
| - | |
| No I have not your backward faith to shrink | F |
| Lone faring from the doorway of God's home | G |
| To find Him in the names of buried men | H |
| Nor your ingenious recreance to think | F |
| We cherish in the life that is to come | I |
| The scattered features of dead friends again | H |
| - | |
| II | A |
| - | |
| Never until our souls are strong enough | J |
| To plunge into the crater of the Scheme | K |
| Triumphant in the flash there to redeem | K |
| Love's handsel and forevermore to slough | J |
| Like cerements at a played out masque the rough | J |
| And reptile skins of us whereon we set | L |
| The stigma of scared years are we to get | L |
| Where atoms and the ages are one stuff | J |
| - | |
| Nor ever shall we know the cursed waste | M |
| Of life in the beneficence divine | N |
| Of starlight and of sunlight and soul shine | N |
| That we have squandered in sin's frail distress | O |
| Till we have drunk and trembled at the taste | M |
| The mead of Thought's prophetic endlessness | O |
Edwin Arlington Robinson
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About Two Sonnets
Two Sonnets is a poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about Two Sonnets poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson
Best Poems of Edwin Arlington Robinson