Power Against Power Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFGF HIJI KLML NOPO QRSR| Nathaniel Hawthorne | A |
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| Where spells were wrought he sat alone | B |
| The wizard touching minds of men | C |
| Through far swung avenues of power | D |
| And proudly held the magic pen | C |
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| By the dark wall a white Shape gleams | E |
| By morning's light a Shadow falls | F |
| Is it a servant of his brain | G |
| Or Power that to his power calls | F |
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| By morning's light the Shadow looms | H |
| And watches with relentless eyes | I |
| In night gloom holds the glimmering lamp | J |
| While the pen ever slower flies | I |
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| By the dark wall it beckons still | K |
| By evening light it darkly stays | L |
| The wizard looks and his great life | M |
| Thrills with the sense of finished days | L |
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| A Shape so ghost like by the sun | N |
| With smiles that chill as dusks descend | O |
| The glancing wizard stern and pale | P |
| Admits the presence of the End | O |
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| Health has forsaken death is near | Q |
| The hand moves slower eyes grow dim | R |
| The End approaches and the man | S |
| Dreams of no spell for quelling Him | R |
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop
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