The Poet's Lesson. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBD EFEG HIHI JKJK LMLM NONO PQPQ| He who would write heroic poems must make his whole life a heroic poem MILTON | A |
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| There came a voice from the realm of thought | B |
| And my spirit bowed to hear | C |
| A voice with majestic sadness fraught | B |
| By the grace of God most clear | D |
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| A mighty tone from the solemn Past | E |
| Outliving the Poet lyre | F |
| Borne down on the rush of Time's fitful blast | E |
| Like the cloven tongues of fire | G |
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| Wouldst thou fashion the song O Poet heart | H |
| For a mission high and free | I |
| The drama of Life in its every part | H |
| Must a living poem be | I |
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| Wouldst thou speed the knight to the battle field | J |
| In a proven suit of mail | K |
| On the world's highway with Faith's broad shield | J |
| The peril go forth to hail | K |
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| For the noble soul there is noble strife | L |
| And the sons of earth attain | M |
| Through the wild turmoil and storm of Life | L |
| To discipline through pain | M |
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| Think not that Poesy liveth alone | N |
| In the flow of measured rhyme | O |
| The noble deed with a mightier tone | N |
| Shall sound through latest time | O |
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| Then poems two at each upward flight | P |
| In glorious measure fill | Q |
| Be the Poem in words one of beauty and might | P |
| But the Life one loftier still | Q |
Mary Gardiner Horsford
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