Martin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFCGCG HCHCIJIJ KCKCCCCC CLCLMNMN| When I am tired of earnest men | A |
| Intense and keen and sharp and clever | B |
| Pursuing fame with brush or pen | A |
| Or counting metal disks forever | B |
| Then from the halls of Shadowland | C |
| Beyond the trackless purple sea | D |
| Old Martin's ghost comes back to stand | C |
| Beside my desk and talk to me | D |
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| Still on his delicate pale face | E |
| A quizzical thin smile is showing | F |
| His cheeks are wrinkled like fine lace | E |
| His kind blue eyes are gay and glowing | F |
| He wears a brilliant hued cravat | C |
| A suit to match his soft grey hair | G |
| A rakish stick a knowing hat | C |
| A manner blithe and debonair | G |
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| How good that he who always knew | H |
| That being lovely was a duty | C |
| Should have gold halls to wander through | H |
| And should himself inhabit beauty | C |
| How like his old unselfish way | I |
| To leave those halls of splendid mirth | J |
| And comfort those condemned to stay | I |
| Upon the dull and sombre earth | J |
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| Some people ask What cruel chance | K |
| Made Martin's life so sad a story | C |
| Martin Why he exhaled romance | K |
| And wore an overcoat of glory | C |
| A fleck of sunlight in the street | C |
| A horse a book a girl who smiled | C |
| Such visions made each moment sweet | C |
| For this receptive ancient child | C |
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| Because it was old Martin's lot | C |
| To be not make a decoration | L |
| Shall we then scorn him having not | C |
| His genius of appreciation | L |
| Rich joy and love he got and gave | M |
| His heart was merry as his dress | N |
| Pile laurel wreaths upon his grave | M |
| Who did not gain but was success | N |
Joyce Kilmer
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