Thought Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFGF HIJI KLML NLLL LOPO QRKR STGT| The blight of life the demon Thought BYRON | A |
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| With demon's shriek or angel's voice | B |
| 'Mid hellish gloom or heav'nly light | C |
| Thought haunts our path o'er land and sea | D |
| And dwells with us by day and night | C |
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| In roomy hall or narrow hut | E |
| It withers blasts and kills with gloom | F |
| Or gently onward smooths the path | G |
| Of him who gives the tyrant room | F |
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| With siren voice it soothes our woe | H |
| It dwells with us in blissful dreams | I |
| But when we wake it tells us then | J |
| That it is far from what it seems | I |
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| Rebellious o'er its prostrate slave | K |
| Its iron chain of bondage swings | L |
| Or govern'd by a master hand | M |
| In numbers loud and strong it sings | L |
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| And with its keys of rarest mould | N |
| Its stores of hoarded wealth unlocks | L |
| It dives for man beneath the sea | L |
| And cleaves for him the hardest rocks | L |
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| Forever thus it lives and acts | L |
| With angel host or demon throng | O |
| To sing with voice of heav'nly love | P |
| Or shout with dismal hellish song | O |
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| Thus shall it live thus shall it act | Q |
| While ages shall their cycles roll | R |
| It leaves us when we reach the grave | K |
| But oh it rises with the soul | R |
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| And still it lives in that beyond | S |
| As here it lives in this our sphere | T |
| To light our road and cheer our path | G |
| Or torture us with nameless fear | T |
Thomas Frederick Young
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