Ideal Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DEFG HEIJ BKII LIAI MAAI| Naked I saw thee | A |
| O beauty of beauty | A |
| And I blinded my eyes | B |
| For fear I should flinch | C |
| - | |
| I heard thy music | D |
| O sweetness of sweetness | E |
| And I shut my ears | F |
| For fear I should fail | G |
| - | |
| I kissed thy lips | H |
| O sweetness of sweetness | E |
| And I hardened my heart | I |
| For fear of my ruin | J |
| - | |
| I blinded my eyes | B |
| And my ears I shut | K |
| I hardened my heart | I |
| And my love I quenched | I |
| - | |
| I turned my back | L |
| On the dream I had shaped | I |
| And to this road before me | A |
| My face I turned | I |
| - | |
| I set my face | M |
| To the road here before me | A |
| To the work that I see | A |
| To the death that I shall meet | I |
Padraic Pearse
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Previous Poem
Tara Is Grass Poem>>
Write your comment about Ideal poem by Padraic Pearse
Best Poems of Padraic Pearse