Madness Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGFG HIJI KLKLFor Sara Teasdale | A |
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The lonely farm the crowded street | B |
The palace and the slum | C |
Give welcome to my silent feet | B |
As bearing gifts I come | C |
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Last night a beggar crouched alone | D |
A ragged helpless thing | E |
I set him on a moonbeam throne | D |
Today he is a king | E |
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Last night a king in orb and crown | F |
Held court with splendid cheer | G |
Today he tears his purple gown | F |
And moans and shrieks in fear | G |
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Not iron bars nor flashing spears | H |
Not land nor sky nor sea | I |
Nor love's artillery of tears | J |
Can keep mine own from me | I |
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Serene unchanging ever fair | K |
I smile with secret mirth | L |
And in a net of mine own hair | K |
I swing the captive earth | L |
Joyce Kilmer
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