Decalogue Of The Artist Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CD EF GH IJI KL MN OP QHHR JSAO| I You shall love beauty which is the shadow of God | A |
| over the Universe | B |
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| II There is no godless art Although you love not the | C |
| Creator you shall bear witness to Him creating His likeness | D |
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| III You shall create beauty not to excite the senses | E |
| but to give sustenance to the soul | F |
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| IV You shall never use beauty as a pretext for luxury | G |
| and vanity but as a spiritual devotion | H |
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| V You shall not seek beauty at carnival or fair | I |
| or offer your work there for beauty is virginal | J |
| and is not to be found at carnival or fair | I |
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| VI Beauty shall rise from your heart in song | K |
| and you shall be the first to be purified | L |
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| VII The beauty you create shall be known | M |
| as compassion and shall console the hearts of men | N |
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| VIII You shall bring forth your work as a mother | O |
| brings forth her child out of the blood of your heart | P |
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| IX Beauty shall not be an opiate that puts you | Q |
| to sleep but a strong wine that fires you to action | H |
| for if you fail to be a true man or a true woman | H |
| you will fail to be an artist | R |
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| X Each act of creation shall leave you humble | J |
| for it is never as great as your dream and always | S |
| inferior to that most marvelous dream of God | A |
| which is Nature | O |
Gabriela Mistral
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