Far-darting Apollo Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAA CCDE FGEE HAIJ KLAA MMNN OOPQ| I saw the sun step like a gentleman | A |
| Dressed in black and proud as sin | B |
| I saw the sun walk across London | A |
| Like a young M P risen to the occasion | A |
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| His step was light his tread was dancing | C |
| His lips were smiling his eyes glancing | C |
| Over the Cenotaph in Whitehall | D |
| The sun took the wicket with my skull | E |
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| The sun plays tennis in the court of Geneva | F |
| With the guts of a Finn and the head of an Emperor | G |
| The sun plays squash in a tomb of marble | E |
| The horses of Apocalypse are in his stable | E |
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| The sun plays a game of darts in Spain | H |
| Three by three in flight formation | A |
| The invincible wheels of his yellow car | I |
| Are the discs that kindle the Chinese war | J |
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| The sun shows the world to the world | K |
| Turns its own ghost on the terrified crowd | L |
| Then plunges all images into the ocean | A |
| Of the nightly mass emotion | A |
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| Games of chance and games of skill | M |
| All his sports are games to kill | M |
| I saw the murderer at evening lie | N |
| Bleeding on his death bed sky | N |
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| His hyacinth breath his laurel hair | O |
| His blinding sight his moving air | O |
| My love my grief my weariness my fears | P |
| Hid from me in a night of tears | Q |
Kathleen Jessie Raine
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