Apology Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEFGF HIJIKLML NOIOPMQM RSTUVWXW IYZYIA2OA2

For Eleanor Rogers CoxA
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For blows on the fort of evilB
That never shows a breachC
For terrible life long racesD
To a goal no foot can reachC
For reckless leaps into darknessE
With hands outstretched to a starF
There is jubilation in HeavenG
Where the great dead poets areF
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There is joy over disappointmentH
And delight in hopes that were vainI
Each poet is glad there was no cureJ
To stop his lonely painI
For nothing keeps a poetK
In his high singing moodL
Like unappeasable hungerM
For unattainable foodL
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So fools are glad of the follyN
That made them weep and singO
And Keats is thankful for Fanny BrawneI
And Drummond for his kingO
They know that on flinty sorrowP
And failure and desireM
The steel of their souls was hammeredQ
To bring forth the lyric fireM
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Lord Byron and Shelley and PlunkettR
McDonough and Hunt and PearseS
See now why their hatred of tyrantsT
Was so insistently fierceU
Is Freedom only a Will o' the wispV
To cheat a poet's eyeW
Be it phantom or fact it's a noble causeX
In which to sing and to dieW
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So not for the Rainbow takenI
And the magical White Bird snaredY
The poets sing grateful carolsZ
In the place to which they have faredY
But for their lifetime's passionI
The quest that was fruitless and longA2
They chorus their loud thanksgivingO
To the thorn crowned Master of SongA2

Joyce Kilmer



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