Fragment Of Chorus Of A Dejaneira Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGHIJK ELMNOP QRSTRUV WRXRYRR| O frivolous mind of man | A |
| Light ignorance and hurrying unsure thoughts | B |
| Though man bewails you not | C |
| How I bewail you | D |
| - | |
| Little in your prosperity | E |
| Do you seek counsel of the Gods | F |
| Proud ignorant self adored you live alone | G |
| In profound silence stern | H |
| Among their savage gorges and cold springs | I |
| Unvisited remain | J |
| The great oracular shrines | K |
| - | |
| Thither in your adversity | E |
| Do you betake yourselves for light | L |
| But strangely misinterpret all you hear | M |
| For you will not put on | N |
| New hearts with the inquirer's holy robe | O |
| And purged considerate minds | P |
| - | |
| And him on whom at the end | Q |
| Of toil and dolour untold | R |
| The Gods have said that repose | S |
| At last shall descend undisturb'd | T |
| Him you expect to behold | R |
| In an easy old age in a happy home | U |
| No end but this you praise | V |
| - | |
| But him on whom in the prime | W |
| Of life with vigour undimm'd | R |
| With unspent mind and a soul | X |
| Unworn undebased undecay'd | R |
| Mournfully grating the gates | Y |
| Of the city of death have for ever closed | R |
| Him I count him well starr'd | R |
Matthew Arnold
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