Magnetism Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDFGHGHIJIJKLKL MNMNOPPPQRQRSTSLASAS TUTV| By the impulse of my will | A |
| By the red flame in my blood | B |
| By me nerves' electric thrill | A |
| By the passion of my mood | C |
| My concentrated desire | D |
| My undying desperate love | E |
| I ignore Fate I defy her | D |
| Iron hearted Death I move | F |
| When the town lies numb with sleep | G |
| Here round eyed I sit my breath | H |
| Quickly stirred my flesh a creep | G |
| And I force the gates of death | H |
| I nor move nor speak you'd deem | I |
| From my quiet face and hands | J |
| I were tranced but in her dream | I |
| SHE responds she understands | J |
| I have power on what is not | K |
| Or on what has ceased to be | L |
| From that deep earth hollowed spot | K |
| I can lift her up to me | L |
| And or ere I am aware | M |
| Through the closed and curtained door | N |
| Comes my lady white and fair | M |
| And embraces me once more | N |
| Though the clay clings to her gown | O |
| Yet all heaven is in her eyes | P |
| Cool kind fingers press mine eyes | P |
| To my soul her soul replies | P |
| But when breaks the common dawn | Q |
| And the city wakes behold | R |
| My shy phantom is withdrawn | Q |
| And I shiver lone and cold | R |
| And I know when she has left | S |
| She is stronger far than I | T |
| And more subtly spun her weft | S |
| Than my human wizardry | L |
| Though I force her to my will | A |
| By the red flame in my blood | S |
| By my nerves' electric thrill | A |
| By the passion of my mood | S |
| Yet all day a ghost am I | T |
| Nerves unstrung spent will dull brain | U |
| I achieve attain but die | T |
| And she claims me hers again | V |
Emma Lazarus
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