'fire And Sleet And Candlelight' Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFCF AGAG HICI IJIJ| For this you've striven | A |
| Daring to fail | B |
| Your sky is riven | A |
| Like a tearing veil | B |
| - | |
| For this you've wasted | C |
| Wings of your youth | D |
| Divined and tasted | C |
| Bitter springs of truth | D |
| - | |
| From sand unslak d | E |
| Twisted strong cords | F |
| And wandering naked | C |
| Among trysted swords | F |
| - | |
| There's a word unspoken | A |
| A knot untied | G |
| Whatever is broken | A |
| The earth may hide | G |
| - | |
| The road was jagged | H |
| Over sharp stones | I |
| Your body's too ragged | C |
| To cover your bones | I |
| - | |
| The wind scatters | I |
| Tears upon dust | J |
| Your soul's in tatters | I |
| Where the spears thrust | J |
Elinor Morton Wylie
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