Lines On A Poet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDB EFBFGF HBIBJB HKLKMK NOEODO| How sweet the cadence of his lyre | A |
| What melody of words | B |
| They strike a pulse within the heart | C |
| Like songs of forest birds | B |
| Or tinkling of the shepherd's bell | D |
| Among the mountain herds | B |
| - | |
| His mind's a cultured garden | E |
| Where Nature's hand has sown | F |
| The flower seeds of poesy | B |
| And they have freshly grown | F |
| Imbued with beauty and perfume | G |
| To other plants unknown | F |
| - | |
| A bright career's before him | H |
| All tongues pronounce his praise | B |
| All hearts his inspiration feel | I |
| And will in after days | B |
| For genius breathes in every line | J |
| Of his soul thrilling lays | B |
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| A nameless grace is round him | H |
| A something too refined | K |
| To be described yet must be felt | L |
| By all of human kind | K |
| An emanation of the soul | M |
| That can not be defined | K |
| - | |
| Then blessings on the minstrel | N |
| His faults let others scan | O |
| There may be spots upon the sun | E |
| Which those may view who can | O |
| I see them not yet know him well | D |
| A POET AND A MAN | O |
George Pope Morris
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