O Lovely Lie Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED BFBGBHBI FJGJKAKA| I told a truth a tragic truth | A |
| That tore the sullen sky | B |
| A million shuddered at my sooth | A |
| And anarchist was I | B |
| Red righteousness was in my word | C |
| To winnow evil chaff | D |
| Yet while I swung crusading sword | E |
| I heard the devil laugh | D |
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| I framed a lie a rainbow lie | B |
| To glorify a thought | F |
| And none was so surprised as I | B |
| When fast as fire it caught | G |
| Like honey people lapped my lie | B |
| And peddled it abroad | H |
| Till in a lift of sunny sky | B |
| I saw the smile of God | I |
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| If falsehood may be best I thought | F |
| To hell with verity | J |
| Dark truth may be a cancer spot | G |
| 'Twere better not to see | J |
| Aye let a lie be big and bold | K |
| Yet ripe with hope and ruth | A |
| Beshrew me but its heart may hold | K |
| More virtue than the truth | A |
Robert Service
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