The Paradox Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEEE FGHG IJIJ KHEH KLKL EMKM KNKN| I am the mother of sorrows | A |
| I am the ender of grief | B |
| I am the bud and the blossom | C |
| I am the late falling leaf | B |
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| I am thy priest and thy poet | D |
| I am thy serf and thy king | E |
| I cure the tears of the heartsick | E |
| When I come near they shall sing | E |
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| White are my hands as the snowdrop | F |
| Swart are my fingers as clay | G |
| Dark is my frown as the midnight | H |
| Fair is my brow as the day | G |
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| Battle and war are my minions | I |
| Doing my will as divine | J |
| I am the calmer of passions | I |
| Peace is a nursling of mine | J |
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| Speak to me gently or curse me | K |
| Seek me or fly from my sight | H |
| I am thy fool in the morning | E |
| Thou art my slave in the night | H |
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| Down to the grave will I take thee | K |
| Out from the noise of the strife | L |
| Then shalt thou see me and know me | K |
| Death then no longer but life | L |
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| Then shalt thou sing at my coming | E |
| Kiss me with passionate breath | M |
| Clasp me and smile to have thought me | K |
| Aught save the foeman of Death | M |
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| Come to me brother when weary | K |
| Come when thy lonely heart swells | N |
| I 'll guide thy footsteps and lead thee | K |
| Down where the Dream Woman dwells | N |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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