Limitations Of Genius Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBC DDEEFFDDDDCCG GBBHHIIDDBB| The audience entire seemed pleased indeed | A |
| Extremely pleased And little Maymie freed | A |
| From her task of instructing ran to show | B |
| Her wondrous colored picture to and fro | B |
| Among the company | C |
| - | |
| 'And how comes it ' said | D |
| Some one to Mr Hammond 'that instead | D |
| Of the inventor's life you did not choose | E |
| The artist's since the world can better lose | E |
| A cutting box or reaper than it can | F |
| A noble picture painted by a man | F |
| Endowed with gifts this drawing would suggest' | D |
| Holding the picture up to show the rest | D |
| ' There now ' chimed in the wife her pale face lit | D |
| Like winter snow with sunrise over it | D |
| 'That's what I'm always asking him But he | C |
| Well as he's answering you he answers me | C |
| With that same silent suffocating smile | G |
| He's wearing now ' | - |
| - | |
| For quite a little while | G |
| No further speech from anyone although | B |
| All looked at Mr Hammond and that slow | B |
| Immutable mild smile of his And then | H |
| The encouraged querist asked him yet again | H |
| Why was it and etcetera with all | I |
| The rest expectant waiting 'round the wall | I |
| Until the gentle Mr Hammond said | D |
| He'd answer with a ' parable ' instead | D |
| About 'a dreamer' that he used to know | B |
| 'An artist' 'master' all in embryo | B |
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