The Summons Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGH IJIJ KLML NONO PQP RJSJ| Straight to his death he went | A |
| A smile on his lips | B |
| All his life's joy unspent | A |
| Into eclipse | B |
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| The song of the shell he heard | C |
| Cleaving the dark | D |
| As though 'twere the song of a bird | C |
| Linnet or lark | D |
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| Why would he go so fast | E |
| Out to the dead | F |
| All in a heavenly haste | G |
| Not to be stayed | H |
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| What did he see afar | I |
| That drew him after | J |
| Light from a merry star | I |
| Singing and laughter | J |
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| Nay but a face was his | K |
| Only in dreams | L |
| Only in dreams of bliss | M |
| In the star gleams | L |
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| Nay but a face that watched | N |
| Long years to see | O |
| Who came by the door unlatched | N |
| If it were he | O |
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| What was the voice before | P |
| That lured him on | Q |
| 'Oh thou long hungered for | P |
| My son my son ' | - |
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| Lo he hath heard hath seen | R |
| He hath slipped over | J |
| Where the great days begin | S |
| For friend and lover | J |
Katharine Tynan
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