Nearer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEFE GHFH FIHI| Nearer and ever nearer | A |
| My body tired but tense | B |
| Hovers 'twixt vague pleasure | A |
| And tremulous confidence | C |
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| Arms to have and to use them | D |
| And a soul to be made | E |
| Worthy if not worthy | F |
| If afraid unafraid | E |
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| To endure for a little | G |
| To endure and have done | H |
| Men I love about me | F |
| Over me the sun | H |
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| And should at last suddenly | F |
| Fly the speeding death | I |
| The four great quarters of heaven | H |
| Receive this littlle breath | I |
Robert Nichols
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