Ballad For Gloom Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDED BB FGHG IG EJKJLJ BB| For God our God is a gallant foe | A |
| That playeth behind the veil | B |
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| I have loved my God as a child at heart | C |
| That seeketh deep bosoms for rest | D |
| I have loved my God as a maid to man | E |
| But lo this thing is best | D |
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| To love your God as a gallant foe that plays behind the veil | B |
| To meet your God as the night winds meet beyond Arcturus' pale | B |
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| I have played with God for a woman | F |
| I have staked with my God for truth | G |
| I have lost to my God as a man clear eyed | H |
| His dice be not of ruth | G |
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| For I am made as a naked blade | I |
| But hear ye this thing in sooth | G |
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| Who loseth to God as man to man | E |
| Shall win at the turn of the game | J |
| I have drawn my blade where the lightnings meet | K |
| But the ending is the same | J |
| Who loseth to God as the sword blades lose | L |
| Shall win at the end of the game | J |
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| For God our God is a gallant foe that playeth behind the veil | B |
| Whom God deigns not to overthrow hath need of triple mail | B |
Ezra Pound
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