To His Father Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGG| Christ was your lord and captain all your life | A |
| He fails the world but you he did not fail | B |
| He led you through all forms of grief and strife | A |
| Intact a man full armed he let prevail | B |
| Nor outward malice nor the worse fanged snake | C |
| That coils in one's own brain against your calm | D |
| That great rich jewel well guarded for his sake | C |
| With coronal age and death like quieting balm | D |
| I Father having followed other guides | E |
| And oftener to my hurt no leader at all | F |
| Through years nailed up like dripping panther hides | E |
| For trophies on a savage temple wall | F |
| Hardly anticipate that reverend stage | G |
| Of life the snow wreathed honor of extreme age | G |
Robinson Jeffers
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