Campus Sonnets: 1. Before An Examination Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBA CDEFDEThe little letters dance across the page | A |
Flaunt and retire and trick the tired eyes | B |
Sick of the strain the glaring light I rise | B |
Yawning and stretching full of empty rage | A |
At the dull maunderings of a long dead sage | A |
Fling up the windows fling aside his lies | B |
Choosing to breathe not stifle and be wise | B |
And let the air pour in upon my cage | A |
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The breeze blows cool and there are stars and stars | C |
Beyond the dark soft masses of the elms | D |
That whisper things in windy tones and light | E |
They seem to wheel for dim celestial wars | F |
And I I hear the clash of silver helms | D |
Ring icy clear from the far deeps of night | E |
Stephen Vincent Benet
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