The Splendid Spur Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDDEE FGFGHHII JKJKAALL| NOT on the neck of prince or hound | A |
| Nor on a woman s finger twin d | B |
| May gold from the deriding ground | A |
| Keep sacred that we sacred bind | C |
| Only the heel | D |
| Of splendid steel | D |
| Shall stand secure on sliding fate | E |
| When golden navies weep their freight | E |
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| The scarlet hat the laurell d stave | F |
| Are measures not the springs of worth | G |
| In a wife s lap as in a grave | F |
| Man s airy notions mix with earth | G |
| Seek other spur | H |
| Bravely to stir | H |
| The dust in this loud world and tread | I |
| Alp high among the whisp ring dead | I |
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| Trust in thyself then spur amain | J |
| So shall Charybdis wear a grace | K |
| Grim AEtna laugh the Libyan plain | J |
| Take roses to her shrivell d face | K |
| This orb this round | A |
| Of sight and sound | A |
| Count it the lists that God hath built | L |
| For haughty hearts to ride a tilt | L |
Sir Arthur Quiller-couch
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