Nadir Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBA CBDCBD| If we must cheat ourselves with any dream | A |
| Then let it be a dream of nobleness | B |
| Since it is necessary to express | B |
| Gall from black grapes to sew an endless seam | A |
| With a rusty needle chase a spurious gleam | A |
| Narrowing to the nothing through the less | B |
| Since life's no better than a bitter guess | B |
| And love's a stranger let us change the theme | A |
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| Let us at least pretend it may be true | C |
| That we can close our lips on poisonous | B |
| Dark wine diluted by the Stygean wave | D |
| And let me dream sublimity in you | C |
| And courage liberal for the two of us | B |
| Let us at least pretend we can be brave | D |
Elinor Morton Wylie
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