Ancestors Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJK LMNGAOP| Behold these jewelled merchant Ancestors | A |
| Foregathered in some chancellery of death | B |
| Calm provident discreet they stroke their beards | C |
| And move their faces slowly in the gloom | D |
| And barter monstrous wealth with speech subdued | E |
| Lustreless eyes and acquiescent lids | F |
| And oft in pauses of their conference | G |
| They listen to the measured breath of night's | H |
| Hushed sweep of wind aloft the swaying trees | I |
| In dimly gesturing gardens then a voice | J |
| Climbs with clear mortal song half sad for heaven | K |
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| A silent footed message flits and brings | L |
| The ghostly Sultan from his glimmering halls | M |
| A shadow at the window turbaned vast | N |
| He leans and pondering the sweet influence | G |
| That steals around him in remembered flowers | A |
| Hears the frail music wind along the slopes | O |
| Put forth and fade across the whispering sea | P |
Siegfried Sassoon
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