Time Of Disturbance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKLM NODDPQ RThe 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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