A Grain Of Sand Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJDIDI| If starry space no limit knows | A |
| And sun succeeds to sun | B |
| There is no reason to suppose | A |
| Our earth the only one | B |
| 'Mid countless constellations cast | C |
| A million worlds may be | D |
| With each a God to bless or blast | C |
| And steer to destiny | D |
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| Just think A million gods or so | E |
| To guide each vital stream | F |
| With over all to boss the show | E |
| A Deity supreme | F |
| Such magnitudes oppress my mind | G |
| From cosmic space it swings | H |
| So ultimately glad to find | G |
| Relief in little things | H |
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| For look Within my hollow hand | I |
| While round the earth careens | J |
| I hold a single grain of sand | I |
| And wonder what it means | J |
| Ah If I had the eyes to see | D |
| And brain to understand | I |
| I think Life's mystery might be | D |
| Solved in this grain of sand | I |
Robert Service
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