Paschal Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFFG HIJH KLHF LFFJ MLJL LNFL| Easter was the old North | A |
| Goddess of the dawn | B |
| She rises daily in the East | C |
| And yearly in spring for the great | D |
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| Paschal candle of the sun | E |
| Her name lingers like a spot | F |
| Of gravy in the figured vestment | F |
| Of the language of the Britains | G |
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| Her totem the randy bunny | H |
| Our very Thursdays and Wednesdays | I |
| Are stained by syllables of thunder | J |
| And Woden's frenzy | H |
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| O my fellow patriots loyal to this | K |
| Our modern world of high heels | L |
| Vaccination brain surgery | H |
| May they pass over us the old | F |
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| Jovial raptors Apollonian flayers | L |
| Embodiments Egg hunt | F |
| Crucifixion Supper of encrypted | F |
| Dishes bitter unrisen a platter | J |
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| Compass of martyrdom | M |
| Ground up apples and walnuts | L |
| In sweet wine to embody mortar | J |
| Of affliction babies for bricks | L |
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| Legible traces of the species | L |
| That devises the angel of death | N |
| Sailing over our doorpost | F |
| Smeared with sacrifice | L |
Robert Pinsky
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