Gaspar Becerra Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE CGHG IJKJ HILI MNON PQAQ| By his evening fire the artist | A |
| Pondered o'er his secret shame | B |
| Baffled weary and disheartened | C |
| Still he mused and dreamed of fame | B |
| - | |
| 'T was an image of the Virgin | D |
| That had tasked his utmost skill | E |
| But alas his fair ideal | F |
| Vanished and escaped him still | E |
| - | |
| From a distant Eastern island | C |
| Had the precious wood been brought | G |
| Day and night the anxious master | H |
| At his toil untiring wrought | G |
| - | |
| Till discouraged and desponding | I |
| Sat he now in shadows deep | J |
| And the day's humiliation | K |
| Found oblivion in sleep | J |
| - | |
| Then a voice cried Rise O master | H |
| From the burning brand of oak | I |
| Shape the thought that stirs within thee | L |
| And the startled artist woke | I |
| - | |
| Woke and from the smoking embers | M |
| Seized and quenched the glowing wood | N |
| And therefrom he carved an image | O |
| And he saw that it was good | N |
| - | |
| O thou sculptor painter poet | P |
| Take this lesson to thy heart | Q |
| That is best which lieth nearest | A |
| Shape from that thy work of art | Q |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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