Felo De Se Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBABA CDDCEE FGFGFHHH HHHHIJKJJ| The song of a man who was dead | A |
| Ere any had heard of his song | B |
| Or had seen this his ultimate song | B |
| With the lines of it written in red | A |
| And the sound of it steady and strong | B |
| When you hear it you know I am dead | A |
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| Not because I was weary of life | C |
| As pallid poets are | D |
| My star was a conquering star | D |
| My element strife | C |
| I am young I am strong I am brave | E |
| It is therefore I go to the grave | E |
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| Now to life and to life's desire | F |
| And to youth and the glory of youth | G |
| Farewell for I go to acquire | F |
| By the one road left me Truth | G |
| Though a great God slay me with fire | F |
| I will shout till he answer me Why | H |
| One soul and a Universe why | H |
| And for this it is pleasant to die | H |
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| For years and years I have slumbered | H |
| And slumber was heavy and sweet | H |
| But the last few moments are numbered | H |
| Like trampling feet that beat | H |
| I shall walk with the stars in their courses | I |
| And hear very soon very soon | J |
| The voice of the forge of the Forces | K |
| And ride on a ridge of the moon | J |
| And sing a celestial tune | J |
James Elroy Flecker
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