Invocation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEDDDD A DFDGHHIIADAAD A JFKJFLMNNOLMMO A PPP QQQ DDD RRR STT UUU VFF DDD

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O Life O Death O GodB
Have I not strivenC
Have I not known thee GodB
As thy stars know HeavenC
Have I not held thee trueD
True as thy deepestE
Sweet and immaculate blueD
Of nights that feel thy dewD
Have I not known thee trueD
O God that keepestD
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IIA
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O God my father GodD
Didst give me fireF
To rise above the clodD
And soar aspireG
What tho' I strive and striveH
And all my life says liveH
The sneerful scorn of menI
But beats it down againI
And O sun centered highA
O God grand poetD
Beneath thy tender skyA
Each day new Keatses dieA
And thou dost know itD
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IIIA
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They know thee beautifulJ
They know thee bitterF
And all their eyes are fullK
O God most beautifulJ
Of tears that glitterF
Thou art above their tearsL
Thou art beyond their yearsM
Thou sittest God of HostsN
Among thy glorious ghostsN
So high and holyO
And canst thou know the tearsL
The strivings and the fearsM
O God of godly peersM
Of such so lowlyO
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IVA
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They who were fondly fainP
To tell what mother painP
Of Nature makes the rainP
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They who were glad to knowQ
The sorrow of her snowQ
Of her wild winds the woeQ
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The magic of her lightD
The passion of her nightD
And of her death the mightD
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They who had tears and sighsR
For every bud that diesR
While the dew on it liesR
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They who had utterance forS
Each warm rose hearted starT
That stammers from afarT
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The demon of vast seasU
The lips of lyric treesU
Lays of sonorous beesU
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The fragrance fays that dowerV
Each wildwood bosk and bowerF
With its faint musk of flowerF
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Of Time the feverish flightD
Earth man and last man's rightD
To thee O InfiniteD

Madison Julius Cawein



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