The Useless Ones Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD AEAE FGFG BHBH FIFI JBJB JKJK LJLJ| Poets should not reason | A |
| Let them sing | B |
| Argument is treason | A |
| Bells should ring | B |
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| Statements none nor questions | C |
| Gnomic words | D |
| Spirit cries suggestions | C |
| Like the birds | D |
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| He may use deduction | A |
| Who must preach | E |
| He may praise instruction | A |
| Who must teach | E |
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| But the poet duly | F |
| Fills his part | G |
| When the song bursts truly | F |
| From his heart | G |
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| For no purpose springing | B |
| For no pelf | H |
| He must do the singing | B |
| For itself | H |
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| Not in lines austerely | F |
| Let him build | I |
| Not the surface merely | F |
| Let him gild | I |
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| Fearless uninvited | J |
| Like a spring | B |
| Opal words inlighted | J |
| Let him sing | B |
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| As the leaf grows sunward | J |
| Song must grow | K |
| As the stream flows onward | J |
| Song must flow | K |
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| Useless Ay for measure | L |
| Roses die | J |
| But their breath gives pleasure | L |
| God knows why | J |
John Boyle O'reilly
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