This Was A Poet—it Is That Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EDFD DDDD DDDD| A | |
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| This was a Poet mdash It is That | B |
| Distills amazing sense | C |
| From ordinary Meanings mdash | D |
| And Attar so immense | C |
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| From the familiar species | E |
| That perished by the Door mdash | D |
| We wonder it was not Ourselves | F |
| Arrested it mdash before mdash | D |
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| Of Pictures the Discloser mdash | D |
| The Poet mdash it is He mdash | D |
| Entitles Us mdash by Contrast mdash | D |
| To ceaseless Poverty mdash | D |
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| Of portion mdash so unconscious mdash | D |
| The Robbing mdash could not harm mdash | D |
| Himself mdash to Him mdash a Fortune mdash | D |
| Exterior mdash to Time mdash | D |
Emily Dickinson
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