A Grain Of Sand Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJDIDIIf 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 William Service
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