Song Of Renunciation, A Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCD DE FGFGFDFD HIHIJKJK FEFELMLM N NCOPMP HMHMMQMQ RSRSSMSM MSMSMLMQ NMNMMMMM

AFTER A C SA
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In the days of my season of saladB
When the down was as dew on my cheekC
And for French I was bred on the balladB
For Greek on the writers of GreekC
Then I sang of the rose that is ruddyD
Of 'pleasure that winces and stings '-
Of white women and wine that is bloodyD
And similar thingsE
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Of Delight that is dear as Desi erF
And Desire that is dear as DelightG
Of the fangs of the flame that is fi erF
Of the bruises of kisses that biteG
Of embraces that clasp and that severF
Of blushes that flutter and fleeD
Round the limbs of Dolores whoeverF
Dolores may beD
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I sang of false faith that is fleetingH
As froth of the swallowing seasI
Time's curse that is fatal as KeatingH
Is fatal to amorous fleasI
Of the wanness of woe that is whelp ofJ
The lust that is blind as a batK
By the help of my Muse and the help ofJ
The relative THATK
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Panatheist bruiser and breakerF
Of kings and the creatures of kingsE
I shouted on Freedom to shake herF
Feet loose of the fetter that clingsE
Far rolling my ravenous red eyeL
And lifting a mutinous lidM
To all monarchs and matrons I said IL
Would shock them and didM
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Thee I sang and thy loves O ThalassianN
O 'noble and nude and antique '-
Unashamed in the 'fearless old fashion'N
Ere washing was done by the weekC
When the 'roses and rapture' that girt youO
Were visions of delicate viceP
And the 'lilies and languors of virtue'M
Not nearly so niceP
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O delights of the time of my teethingH
Felise Fragoletta YolandeM
Foam yeast of a youth in its seethingH
On blasted and blithering sandM
Snake crowned on your tresses and beltedM
With blossoms that coil and decayQ
Ye are gone ye are lost ye are meltedM
Like ices in MayQ
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Hushed now is the bibulous bubbleR
Of 'lithe and lascivious' throatsS
Long stript and extinct is the stubbleR
Of hoary and harvested oatsS
From the sweets that are sour as the sorrel'sS
The bees have abortively swarmedM
And Algernon's earlier moralsS
Are fairly reformedM
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I have written a loyal ArmadaM
And posed in a Jubilee poseS
I have babbled of babies and played aM
New tune on the turn of their toesS
Washed white from the stain of AstarteM
My books any virgin may buyL
And I hear I am praised by a partyM
Called Something MackayQ
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When erased are the records and rottenN
The meshes of memory's netM
When the grace that forgives has forgottenN
The things that are good to forgetM
When the trill of my juvenile trumpetM
Is dead and its echoes are deadM
Then the laurel shall lie on the crumpetM
And crown of my headM

Owen Seaman



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