Knowledge Of God Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAAA BCBBC ADAAE FGFFH IJIIJ| So far from praising he blasphemes | A |
| Who says that God has been or is | A |
| Who swears he met with God in dreams | A |
| Or face to face in woods and streams | A |
| Meshed in their boundaries | A |
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| 'Has been' and 'is' the seasons bind | B |
| Here glut of bread there lack of bread | C |
| The mill stones grumble as they grind | B |
| That if God is he must be blind | B |
| Or if he was is dead | C |
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| Can God with Danae sport and kiss | A |
| Or God with rebel demons fight | D |
| Making a proof as Jove or Dis | A |
| Force Essence Knowledge that or this | A |
| Of Godhead infinite | E |
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| The caterpillar years to come | F |
| March head to tail with years that were | G |
| Round and around the cosmic drum | F |
| To time and space they add their sum | F |
| But how is Godhead there | H |
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| Weep sleep be merry vault the gate | I |
| Or down the evening furrow plod | J |
| Hate and at length withhold your hate | I |
| Rule or be ruled by certain fate | I |
| But cast no net for God | J |
Robert Graves
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