Smoke-rings Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCC BDDEEFFGGHHIIJJKK| BOY | A |
| Most venerable and learned sir | B |
| Tall and true Philosopher | B |
| These rings of smoke you blow all day | C |
| With such deep thought what sense have they | C |
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| PHILOSOPHER | B |
| Small friend with prayer and meditation | D |
| I make an image of Creation | D |
| And if your mind is working nimble | E |
| Straightway you'll recognize a symbol | E |
| Of the endless and eternal ring | F |
| Of God who girdles everything | F |
| God who in His own form and plan | G |
| Moulds the fugitive life of man | G |
| These vaporous toys you watch me make | H |
| That shoot ahead pause turn and break | H |
| Some glide far out like sailing ships | I |
| Some weak ones fail me at my lips | I |
| He who ringed His awe in smoke | J |
| When He led forth His captive folk | J |
| In like manner East West North and South | K |
| Blows us ring wise from His mouth | K |
Robert Graves
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