The Shrine Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC EFFEThere is no lord within my heart | A |
Left silent as an empty shrine | B |
Where rose and myrtle intertwine | B |
Within a place apart | A |
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No god is there of carven stone | C |
To watch with still approving eyes | D |
My thoughts like steady incense rise | D |
I dream and weep alone | C |
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But if I keep my altar fair | E |
Some morning I shall lift my head | F |
From roses deftly garlanded | F |
To find the god is there | E |
Sara Teasdale
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