Apollo Laughs Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCAAACAAACCAA| 'APOLLO laughs ' the proverb tells | A |
| Far echo of old oracles | B |
| A Delphic waif 'Once in the year | C |
| Apollo laughs ' O laughter clear | C |
| As sunshine blithe as golden bells | A |
| What mortal folly parallels | A |
| Olympian jest and so impels | A |
| To mirth till Heaven's bright charioteer | C |
| Apollo laughs | A |
| 'Tis when the annual critic knells | A |
| The death of poetry while swells | A |
| Some faint fresh wood note pioneer | C |
| Of music earth shall thrill to hear | C |
| Then at Apollo's infidels | A |
| Apollo laughs | A |
Katharine Lee Bates
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