The Test. (little Poems In Prose.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C D E F G H| Daylong I brooded upon the Passion of Israel | A |
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| I saw him bound to the wheel nailed to the cross cut off by the sword burned at the stake tossed into the seas | B |
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| And always the patient resolute martyr face arose in silent rebuke and defiance | C |
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| A Prophet with four eyes wide gazed the orbs of the spirit above the sleeping eyelids of the senses | D |
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| A Poet who plucked from his bosom the quivering heart and fashioned it into a lyre | E |
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| A placid browed Sage uplifted from earth in celestial meditation | F |
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| These I saw with princes and people in their train the monumental dead and the standard bearers of the future | G |
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| And suddenly I heard a burst of mocking laughter and turning I beheld the shuffling gait the ignominious features the sordid mask of the son of the Ghetto | H |
Emma Lazarus
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