Not This World Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCCDD EEFFFDD GGHHHDD IIJJJDD| Shall I not give this world my heart and well | A |
| If for naught else for many a miracle | B |
| Of the impassioned spring the rose the snow | C |
| Nay by the spring that still must come and go | C |
| When thou art dust by roses that shall blow | C |
| Across thy grave and snows it shall not miss | D |
| Not this world oh not this | D |
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| Shall I not give this world my heart who find | E |
| Within this world the glories of the mind | E |
| That wondrous mind that mounts from earth to God | F |
| Nay hy the little footways it hath trod | F |
| And smiUs to see when thou art under sod | F |
| And by its very gaze across the ahyss | D |
| Not this world oh not this | D |
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| Shall I not give this world my heart who hold | G |
| One figure here above myself my gold | G |
| My life and hope my joy and my intent | H |
| Nay by that form whose strength so soon is spent | H |
| That fragile garment that shall soon he rent | H |
| By lips and eyes the heavy earth shall kiss | D |
| Not this world oh not this | D |
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| Then this poor world shall not my heart disdain | I |
| Where beauty mocks and springtime comes in vain | I |
| And love grows mute and wisdom is forgot | J |
| Thou child and thankless On this little spot | J |
| Thy heart hath fed and shall despise it not | J |
| Yea shall forget through many a world of hliss | D |
| Not this world oh not this | D |
Margaret Steele Anderson
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