Time Of Disturbance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKLM NODDPQ R| The best is in war or faction or ordinary vindictive | A |
| life not to take sides | B |
| Leave it for children and the emotional rabble of the | C |
| streets to back their horse or support a brawler | D |
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| But if you are forced into it remember that good and | E |
| evil are as common as air and like air shared | F |
| By the panting belligerents the moral indignation that | G |
| hoarsens orators is mostly a fool | H |
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| Hold your nose and compromise keep a cold mind Fight | I |
| if needs must hate no one Do as God does | J |
| Or the tragic poets they crush their man without hating | K |
| him their Lear or Hitler and often save without | L |
| love | M |
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| As for these quarrels they are like the moon recurrent | N |
| and fantastic They have their beauty but night's | O |
| is better | D |
| It is better to be silent than make a noise It is better | D |
| to strike dead than strike often It is better not | P |
| to strike | Q |
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| Submitted by Holt | R |
Robinson Jeffers
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