Thebaid Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHI JKLMANOPQ NRSTURVTUWRXOK| How many turn back toward dreams and magic how many | A |
| children | B |
| Run home to Mother Church Father State | C |
| To find in their arms the delicious warmth and folding of souls | D |
| The age weakens and settles home toward old ways | E |
| An age of renascent faith Christ said Marx wrote Hitler says | F |
| And though it seems absurd we believe | G |
| Sad children yes It is lonely to be adult you need a father | H |
| With a little practice you'll believe anything | I |
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| Faith returns beautiful terrible ridiculous | J |
| And men are willing to die and kill for their faith | K |
| Soon come the wars of religion centuries have passed | L |
| Since the air so trembled with intense faith and hatred | M |
| Soon perhaps whoever wants to live harmlessly | A |
| Must find a cave in the mountain or build a cell | N |
| Of the red desert rock under dry junipers | O |
| And avoid men live with more kindly wolves | P |
| And luckier ravens waiting for the end of the age | Q |
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| Hermit from stone cell | N |
| Gazing with great stunned eyes | R |
| What extravagant miracle | S |
| Has amazed them with light | T |
| What visions what crazy glory what wings | U |
| I see the sun set and rise | R |
| And the beautiful desert sand | V |
| And the stars at night | T |
| The incredible magnificence of things | U |
| I the last living man | W |
| That sees the real earth and skies | R |
| Actual life and real death | X |
| The others are all prophets and believers | O |
| Delirious with fevers of faith | K |
Robinson Jeffers
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