Reptiles And Roses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAA BCC DDD EFF GGG HHH AAA| So crystal clear it is to me | A |
| That when I die I cease to be | A |
| All else seems sheer stupidity | A |
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| All promises of Paradise | B |
| Are wishful thinking preacher's lies | C |
| Dogmatic dust flung in our eyes | C |
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| Yea life's immortal swift it flows | D |
| Alike in reptile and in rose | D |
| But as it comes so too it goes | D |
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| Dead roses will not bloom again | E |
| The lifeless lizard writhes in vain | F |
| Cups shattered will not hold champagne | F |
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| Our breath is brief and being so | G |
| Let's make our heaven here below | G |
| And lavish kindness as we go | G |
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| For when dour Death shall close the door | H |
| There will be darkness evermore | H |
| So let us kneel in prayer before | H |
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| Each day and let our duty be | A |
| To fight that mankind may be free | A |
| There is our Immortality | A |
Robert Service
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