Picture Of A Nativity Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDEC FGHH IJKI| Sea preserved heaped with sea spoils | A |
| Ribs keels coral sores | B |
| Detached faces ephemeral oils | A |
| Discharged on the world s outer shores | B |
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| A dumb child king | C |
| Arrives at his right place rests | D |
| Undisturbed among slack serpents beasts | E |
| With claws flesh buttered In the gathering | C |
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| Of bestial and common hardship | F |
| Artistic men appear to worship | G |
| And fall down to recognize | H |
| Familiar tokens believe their own eyes | H |
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| Above the marvel each rigid head | I |
| Angels their unnatural wings displayed | J |
| Freeze into an attitude | K |
| Recalling the dead | I |
Geoffrey Hill
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