Despondency Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE| The thoughts that rain their steady glow | A |
| Like stars on life's cold sea | B |
| Which others know or say they know | A |
| They never shone for me | B |
| - | |
| Thoughts light like gleams my spirit's sky | C |
| But they will not remain | D |
| They light me once they hurry by | C |
| And never come again | E |
Matthew Arnold
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Maame Efua Nhyira Amanku : Matthew Arnold Your poems so amazing
and emotional my 2 favorate poems of yours
are destiny and despodency I wish you were
still alive so that I can get your Autograph
Mannal Eldin: I love it! I found this poem quoted in a young adults' fiction book. The author acknowledges Matthew Arnold.
Exquiseitively descriptive; nevertheless, a sense of hopelessness and grief.
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