Ode To Beauty Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDBEBAFGFHBCBIJKJ CCLLMMNNBBOO BHHPCCAAHQRDDSSTTBBU VQVVWXWYZYZVVOO A2A2BBBBB2C2CCWWBB AAAAKKBBCCVVBBCCAA

Who gave thee O BeautyA
The keys of this breastB
Too credulous loverC
Of blest and unblestB
Say when in lapsed agesD
Thee knew I of oldB
Or what was the serviceE
For which I was soldB
When first my eyes saw theeA
I found me thy thrallF
By magical drawingsG
Sweet tyrant of allF
I drank at thy fountainH
False waters of thirstB
Thou intimate strangerC
Thou latest and firstB
Thy dangerous glancesI
Make women of menJ
New born we are meltingK
Into nature againJ
Lavish lavish promiserC
Nigh persuading gods to errC
Guest of million painted formsL
Which in turn thy glory warmsL
The frailest leaf the mossy barkM
The acorn's cup the raindrop's arcM
The swinging spider's silver lineN
The ruby of the drop of wineN
The shining pebble of the pondB
Thou inscribest with a bondB
In thy momentary playO
Would bankrupt Nature to repayO
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Ah what avails itB
To hide or to shunH
Whom the Infinite OneH
Hath granted his throneP
The heaven high overC
Is the deep's loverC
The sun and seaA
Informed by theeA
Before me runH
And draw me onQ
Yet fly me stillR
As Fate refusesD
To me the heart Fate for me choosesD
Is it that my opulent soulS
Was mingled from the generous wholeS
Sea valleys and the deep of skiesT
Furnished several suppliesT
And the sands whereof I'm madeB
Draw me to them self betrayedB
I turn the proud portfoliosU
Which hold the grand designsV
Of Salvator of GuercinoQ
And Piranesi's linesV
I hear the lofty P ansV
Of the masters of the shellW
Who heard the starry musicX
And recount the numbers wellW
Olympian bards who sungY
Divine Ideas belowZ
Which always find us youngY
And always keep us soZ
Oft in streets or humblest placesV
I detect far wandered gracesV
Which from Eden wide astrayO
In lowly homes have lost their wayO
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Thee gliding through the sea of formA2
Like the lightning through the stormA2
Somewhat not to be possessedB
Somewhat not to be caressedB
No feet so fleet could ever findB
No perfect form could ever bindB
Thou eternal fugitiveB2
Hovering over all that liveC2
Quick and skilful to inspireC
Sweet extravagant desireC
Starry space and lily bellW
Filling with thy roseate smellW
Wilt not give the lips to tasteB
Of the nectar which thou hastB
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All that's good and great with theeA
Stands in deep conspiracyA
Thou hast bribed the dark and lonelyA
To report thy features onlyA
And the cold and purple morningK
Itself with thoughts of thee adorningK
The leafy dell the city martB
Equal trophies of thine artB
E'en the flowing azure airC
Thou hast touched for my despairC
And if I languish into dreamsV
Again I meet the ardent beamsV
Queen of things I dare not dieB
In Being's deeps past ear and eyeB
Lest there I find the same deceiverC
And be the sport of Fate foreverC
Dread power but dear if God thou beA
Unmake me quite or give thyself to meA

Ralph Waldo Emerson



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