Confessional Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHDJKJ BLILBMNM| Now that I kneel at the throne O Queen | A |
| Pity and pardon me | B |
| Much have I striven to sing the same | C |
| Brother of beast and tree | B |
| Yet when the stars catch me alone | D |
| Never a linnet sings | E |
| And the blood of a man is a bitter voice | F |
| And cries for foolish things | E |
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| Not for me be the vaunt of woe | G |
| Was not I from a boy | H |
| Vowed with the helmet and spear and spur | I |
| To the blood red banner of joy | H |
| A man may sing his psalms to a stone | D |
| Pour his blood for a weed | J |
| But the tears of a man are a sudden thing | K |
| And come not of his creed | J |
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| Nay but the earth is kind to me | B |
| Though I cry for a star | L |
| Leaves and grasses feather and flower | I |
| Cover the foolish scar | L |
| Prophets and saints and seraphim | B |
| Lighten the load with song | M |
| And the heart of a man is a heavy load | N |
| For a man to bear along | M |
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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