A Portrait Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHHH IIJI AKLMFair faces crowd on Christmas night | A |
Like seven suns a row | B |
But all beyond is the wolfish wind | C |
And the crafty feet of the snow | B |
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But through the rout one figure goes | D |
With quick and quiet tread | E |
Her robe is plain her form is frail | F |
Wait if she turn her head | E |
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I say no word of line or hue | G |
But if that face you see | H |
Your soul shall know the smile of faith's | H |
Awful frivolity | H |
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Know that in this grotesque old masque | I |
Too loud we cannot sing | I |
Or dance too wild or speak too wide | J |
To praise a hidden thing | I |
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That though the jest be old as night | A |
Still shaketh sun and sphere | K |
An everlasting laughter | L |
Too loud for us to hear | M |
G. K. Chesterton
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