On The Day Of Gogol's Death Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJEK GLMN IOEP QJRS TBUIVWXY YZYA2 B2C2D2E2| How blessed's the good natured poet | A |
| With little bile and much emotion | B |
| All lovers of the gentle arts | C |
| Send him sincerest greetings | D |
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| The admiration of the crowd | E |
| Sounds in his ear like rippling waves | F |
| He is a stranger to self doubt | G |
| That torture of creative souls | H |
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| Lover of comfort and tranquility | I |
| Shunning audacious satire | J |
| He firmly dominates the crowd | E |
| With his peace loving lyre | K |
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| He is not cursed nor driven out | G |
| But worshipped for his splendid mind | L |
| While all his countrymen prepare | M |
| A monument to him in life | N |
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| But fate will show no mercy | I |
| To one whose noble genius | O |
| Has led him to unmask the crowd | E |
| Expose its passions and mistakes | P |
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| His heart abrim with hate | Q |
| His lips all clad in satire | J |
| He wanders down a thorny path | R |
| His wrathful lyre in hand | S |
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| He is reviled at every step | T |
| He catches sounds of admiration | B |
| Not in sweet murmurings of praise | U |
| But in wild cries of enmity | I |
| With disbelief and new belief | V |
| In his high calling's dream | W |
| He preaches love to all | X |
| Through venomous denial | Y |
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| His speech's every syllable | Y |
| Engenders for him cruel foes | Z |
| And all men whether smart or dull | Y |
| Are quick to vilify him | A2 |
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| They curse at him from every side | B2 |
| And only when they see his corpse | C2 |
| They'll understand how much he did | D2 |
| And that in hate he was yet full of love | E2 |
Nikolay Alekseyevich Nekrasov
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