Hermes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDFGAGABB| Soothsay Behold with rod twy serpented | A |
| Hermes the prophet twining in one power | B |
| The woman with the man Upon his head | A |
| The cloudy cap wherewith he hath in dower | C |
| The cloud's own virtue change and counterchange | D |
| To show in light and to withdraw in pall | E |
| As mortal eyes best bear His lineage strange | D |
| From Zeus Truth's sire and maiden May the all | F |
| Illusive Nature His fledged feet declare | G |
| That 'tis the nether self transdeified | A |
| And the thrice furnaced passions which do bear | G |
| The poet Olympusward In him allied | A |
| Both parents clasp and from the womb of Nature | B |
| Stern Truth takes flesh in shows of lovely feature | B |
Francis Thompson
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