To The Muse Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHIH JKJKResign the rhapsody the dream | A |
To men of larger reach | B |
Be ours the quest of a plain theme | A |
The piety of speech | B |
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As monkish scribes from morning break | C |
Toiled till the close of light | D |
Nor thought a day too long to make | C |
One line or letter bright | D |
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We also with an ardent mind | E |
Time wealth and fame forgot | F |
Our glory in our patience find | E |
And skim and skim the pot | F |
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Till last when round the house we hear | G |
The evensong of birds | H |
One corner of blue heaven appear | I |
In our clear well of words | H |
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Leave leave it then muse of my heart | J |
Sans finish and sans frame | K |
Leave unadorned by needless art | J |
The picture as it came | K |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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