Sonnet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBA CDECDC| High on the wall that holds Jerusalem | A |
| I saw one stand under the stars like stone | B |
| And when I perish it shall not be known | B |
| Whether he lived some strolling son of Shem | A |
| Or was some great ghost wearing the diadem | A |
| Of Solomon or Saladin on a throne | B |
| I only know the features being unshown | B |
| I did not dare draw near and look on them | A |
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| Did ye not guess the diadem might be | C |
| Plaited in stranger style by hands of hate | D |
| But when I looked the wall was desolate | E |
| And the grey starlight powdered tower and tree | C |
| And vast and vague beyond the Golden Gate | D |
| Heaved Moab of the mountains like a sea | C |
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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