Atoll Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE FGHGIJKJ HBLBMNON FBPBQRRR| The woes of men beyond my ken | A |
| Mean nothing more to me | B |
| Behold my world and Eden hurled | C |
| From Heaven to the Sea | B |
| A jeweled home in fending foam | D |
| Tempestuously tossed | E |
| A virgin isle none dare defile | F |
| Far flung forgotten lost | E |
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| And here I dwell where none may tell | F |
| Me tales of mortal strife | G |
| Let millions die immune am I | H |
| And radiant with life | G |
| No echo comes of evil drums | I |
| To vex my dawns divine | J |
| Aloof alone I hold my throne | K |
| And Majesty is mine | J |
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| Ghost ships pass by and glad am I | H |
| They make no sign to me | B |
| The green corn springs the gilt vine clings | L |
| The net is in the sea | B |
| My paradise around me lies | M |
| Remote from wrath and wrong | N |
| My isle is clean unsought unseen | O |
| And innocent with song | N |
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| Here let me dwell in beauty's spell | F |
| As tranquil as a tree | B |
| Here let me bide where wind and tide | P |
| Bourdon that I am free | B |
| Here let me know from human woe | Q |
| The rapture of release | R |
| The rich caress of Loveliness | R |
| The plenitude of Peace | R |
Robert Service
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Angus McDonald: Robbie Burns once described his own writing: “Tho hamely in attire, may touch the heart”, and I think Service is his equal.
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