Something Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGFG HIHI| It is something in this darker dream demented | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp to have wrestled with its pleasure and its pain | B |
| it is something to have sinned and have repented | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp it is something to have failed and tried again | C |
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| It is something to have loved the brightest Beauty | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp with no hope of aught but silence for your vow | E |
| it is something to have tried to do your duty | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp it is something to be trying trying now | E |
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| And in the silent solemn hours | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp when your soul floats down the far faint flood of time | G |
| to think of Earth's lovers who are ours | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp of her saviours saving suffering sublime | G |
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| And that you with THESE may be her lover | H |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp with THESE may save and suffer for her sake | I |
| IT IS JOY TO HAVE LIVED SO TO DISCOVER | H |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp YOU'VE A LIFE YOU CAN GIVE AND SHE CAN TAKE | I |
Francis William Lauderdale Adams
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