The Chalice Was Suspended In The Air Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFFF GHDI| The chalice was suspended in the air | A |
| Like the golden sun for a splendid moment | B |
| Here only Greek should be heard | C |
| To take the whole world in your hands like a simple apple | D |
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| The triumphal zenith of the service | E |
| Light in a round room under a cupola in July | F |
| So outside of time we could fully sigh | F |
| About that meadow where time doesn't fly | F |
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| The Eucharist drags on like an eternal noon | G |
| Everyone takes the Sacrament performs and sings | H |
| In view of everyone the sacred vessel | D |
| Pours out with inexhaustible rejoicing | I |
Osip Emilevich Mandelstam
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