Late Came The God Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDEEDFAFDADA ADGDHAG| Late came the God having sent his forerunners who were | A |
| not regarded | B |
| Late but in wrath | C |
| Saying quot The wrong shall be paid the contempt be rewarded | D |
| On all that she hath quot | D |
| He poisoned the blade and struck home the full bosom receiving | E |
| The wound and the venom in one past cure or relieving | E |
| He made treaty with Time to stand still that the grief might | D |
| be fresh | F |
| Daily renewed and nightly pursued through her soul to her | A |
| flesh | F |
| Mornings of memory noontides of agony midnights unslaked | D |
| for her | A |
| Till the stones of the streets of her Hells and her Paradise ached | D |
| for her | A |
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| So she lived while her body corrupted upon her | A |
| And she called on the Night for a sign and a Sign was allowed | D |
| And she builded an Altar and served by the light of her Vision | G |
| Alone without hope of regard or reward but uncowed | D |
| Resolute selfless divine | H |
| These things she did in Love's honour | A |
| What is a God beside Woman Dust and derision | G |
Rudyard Kipling
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