Ante Mortem Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDBEFGCHIJKLMNOP| It is likely enough that lions and scorpions | A |
| Guard the end life never was bonded to be endurable nor the | B |
| act of dying | C |
| Unpainful the brain burning too often | D |
| Earns though it held itself detached from the object often a | B |
| burnt age | E |
| No matter I shall not shorten it by hand | F |
| Incapable of body or unmoved of brain is no evil one always | G |
| went envying | C |
| The quietness of stones But if the striped blossom | H |
| Insanity spread lewd splendors and lightning terrors at the end | I |
| of the forest | J |
| Or intolerable pain work its known miracle | K |
| Exile the monarch soul set a sick monkey in the office | L |
| remember me | M |
| Entire and balanced when I was younger | N |
| And could lift stones and comprehend in the praises the cruelties | O |
| of life | P |
Robinson Jeffers
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