A Sincere Man Am I (verse I) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EBEB FGFH IJIJ KLML ANLA OPOP NQNQ RSTS UVUW JIJI XYXY PZPZ A2JA2J FDFD B2YB2Y JC2JC2| A sincere man am I | A |
| From the land where palm trees grow | B |
| And I want before I die | A |
| My soul's verses to bestow | B |
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| I'm a traveller to all parts | C |
| And a newcomer to none | D |
| I am art among the arts | C |
| With the mountains I am one | D |
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| I know how to name and class | E |
| All the strange flowers that grow | B |
| I know every blade of grass | E |
| Fatal lie and sublime woe | B |
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| I have seen through dead of night | F |
| Upon my head softly fall | G |
| Rays formed of the purest light | F |
| From beauty celestial | H |
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| I have seen wings that were surging | I |
| From beautiful women's shoulders | J |
| And seen butterflies emerging | I |
| From the refuse heap that moulders | J |
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| I have known a man to live | K |
| With a dagger at his side | L |
| And never once the name give | M |
| Of she by whose hand he died | L |
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| Twice for an instant did I | A |
| My soul's reflection espy | N |
| Twice when my poor father died | L |
| And when she bade me good bye | A |
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| I trembled once when I flung | O |
| The vineyard gate and to my dread | P |
| The wicked hornet had stung | O |
| My little girl on the forehead | P |
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| I rejoiced once and felt lucky | N |
| The day that my jailer came | Q |
| To read the death warrant to me | N |
| That bore his tears and my name | Q |
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| I hear a sigh across the earth | R |
| I hear a sigh over the deep | S |
| It is no sign reaching my hearth | T |
| But my son waking from sleep | S |
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| If they say I have obtained | U |
| The pick of the jeweller's trove | V |
| A good friend is what I've gained | U |
| And I have put aside love | W |
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| I have seen across the skies | J |
| A wounded eagle still flying | I |
| I know the cubby where lies | J |
| The snake of its venom dying | I |
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| I know that the world is weak | X |
| And must soon fall to the ground | Y |
| Then the gentle brook will speak | X |
| Above the quiet profound | Y |
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| While trembling with joy and dread | P |
| I have touched with hand so bold | Z |
| A once bright star that fell dead | P |
| From heaven at my threshold | Z |
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| On my brave heart is engraved | A2 |
| The sorrow hidden from all eyes | J |
| The son of a land enslaved | A2 |
| Lives for it suffers and dies | J |
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| All is beautiful and right | F |
| All is as music and reason | D |
| And all like diamonds is light | F |
| That was coal before its season | D |
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| I know when fools are laid to rest | B2 |
| Honor and tears will abound | Y |
| And that of all fruits the best | B2 |
| Is left to rot in holy ground | Y |
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| Without a word the pompous muse | J |
| I've set aside and understood | C2 |
| From a withered branch I choose | J |
| To hang my doctoral hood | C2 |
Jose Marti
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