Effigy Of A Nun Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB ADED FDGD AHDH DDID JDID ABCB| Infinite gentleness infinite irony | A |
| Are in this face with fast sealed eyes | B |
| And round this mouth that learned in loneliness | C |
| How useless their wisdom is to the wise | B |
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| In her nun's habit carved carefully lovingly | A |
| By one who knew the ways of womenkind | D |
| This woman's face still keeps its cold wistful calm | E |
| All the subtle pride of her mind | D |
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| These pale curved lips of hers holding their hidden smile | F |
| Show she had weighed the world her will was set | D |
| These long patrician hands clasping he crucifix | G |
| Once having made their choice had no regret | D |
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| She was one of those who hoard their own thoughts lovingly | A |
| Feeling them far too dear to give away | H |
| Content to look at life with the high insolent | D |
| Air of an audience watching a play | H |
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| If she was curious if she was passionate | D |
| She must have told herself that love was great | D |
| But that the lacking it might be as great a thing | I |
| If she held fast to it challenging fate | D |
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| She who so loved herself and her own warring thoughts | J |
| Watching their humorous tragic rebound | D |
| In her thick habit's fold sleeping sleeping | I |
| Is she amused at dreams she has found | D |
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| Infinite tenderness infinite irony | A |
| Hidden forever in her closed eyes | B |
| That must have learned too well in their long loneliness | C |
| How empty their wisdom is even to the wise | B |
Sara Teasdale
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