Rapture Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDCCEDFGEGFHIJ IJGHGHIJ KK LJMNONOPJMQOJMJR SS| If thou hast grief | A |
| And passion vex the spirit that is in thee | B |
| - | |
| There was a stony beach | C |
| Where the heat flickered and the little waves | D |
| Whispered each to each | C |
| Dove coloured was that stony beach | C |
| And white birds hungering hovered over | E |
| The shining waves | D |
| And men had kindled there | F |
| A great fierce heap of golden flame | G |
| Spoiled grasses with dead buttercups and pale clover | E |
| The agonising flame | G |
| Yearned in its vitals towards the quiet air | F |
| And died in a little smoke | H |
| And on the coloured beach the black warm ash | I |
| Remained | J |
| - | |
| Then on that warm ash | I |
| Another heap of grasses was outpoured | J |
| And instant came | G |
| Another knot of struggling yellow smoke | H |
| That burst into new agonies of flame | G |
| Dying into a drift of smoke | H |
| And on the coloured beach the black cold ash | I |
| Remained | J |
| - | |
| Or is thy grief too deep | K |
| Passion too dear the spirit in thee asleep | K |
| - | |
| Twelve deep and sombre still | L |
| Expectant hushed | J |
| The miles long crowd stood and then listening | M |
| The nervous drums | N |
| The unendurable low reeds | O |
| Silence and then the nearing drums | N |
| Again again the thrilling reeds | O |
| And then | P |
| The deep crowd hushed | J |
| Following an almightier King | M |
| That rode unseen | Q |
| Drew near the tributary magnificence | O |
| Hushed hushed | J |
| The deep crowd stood devouring listening | M |
| But a child on his father's shoulder cried | J |
| Hurrah hurrah | R |
| - | |
| Only have thou no fear | S |
| Pride but no fear | S |
John Frederick Freeman
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