Pursuit And Possession Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCAACCDEFEFGG| When I behold what pleasure is pursuit | A |
| What life what glorious eagerness it is | B |
| Then mark how full possession falls from this | C |
| How fairer seems the blossom than the fruit | A |
| I am perplexed and often stricken mute | A |
| Wondering which attained the higher bliss | C |
| The wing d insect or the chrysalis | C |
| It thrust aside with unreluctant foot | D |
| Spirit of verse that still elud'st my art | E |
| Thou uncaught rapture thou swift fleeting fire | F |
| O let me follow thee with hungry heart | E |
| If beauty's full possession kill desire | F |
| Still flit away in moonlight rain and dew | G |
| Will of the wisp that I may still pursue | G |
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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