A Dull Uncertain Brain, Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBABCDBEECFCFGCGCHE HE| A dull uncertain brain | A |
| But gifted yet to know | B |
| That God has cherubim who go | B |
| Singing an immortal strain | A |
| Immortal here below | B |
| I know the mighty bards | C |
| I listen when they sing | D |
| And now I know | B |
| The secret store | E |
| Which these explore | E |
| When they with torch of genius pierce | C |
| The tenfold clouds that cover | F |
| The riches of the universe | C |
| From God's adoring lover | F |
| And if to me it is not given | G |
| To fetch one ingot thence | C |
| Of the unfading gold of Heaven | G |
| His merchants may dispense | C |
| Yet well I know the royal mine | H |
| And know the sparkle of its ore | E |
| Know Heaven's truth from lies that shine | H |
| Explored they teach us to explore | E |
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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