War Profits Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDEBFGFHHEBIBIBB ETHE horns of the moon are tipped | A |
With pearl Her lover wooed | B |
By charms and won Endymion | C |
Inherits quietude | B |
White the gleam | D |
Of the dream | D |
On his eyes | E |
The horns of the sun are dipt | B |
In ruddy flame that flings | F |
Adventurous young Icarus | G |
To earth on ruined wings | F |
But he flew | H |
But he knew | H |
Winds and skies | E |
Lucifer's horns have a crust | B |
Of gold and topaz gem | I |
On points that thrust to yellow dust | B |
The heart that covets them | I |
Heed take heed | B |
For by greed | B |
Glory dies | E |
Katharine Lee Bates
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