The Ballet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDFGG HIJIKK| They crush together a rustling heap of flesh | A |
| Of more than flesh a heap of souls and then | B |
| They part enmesh | A |
| And crush together again | B |
| Like the pink petals of a too sanguine rose | C |
| Frightened shut just when it blows | C |
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| Though all alike in their tinsel livery | D |
| And indistinguishable at a sweeping glance | E |
| They muster maybe | D |
| As lives wide in irrelevance | F |
| A world of her own has each one underneath | G |
| Detached as a sword from its sheath | G |
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| Daughters wives mistresses honest or false sold bought | H |
| Hearts of all sizes gay fond gushing or penned | I |
| Various in thought | J |
| Of lover rival friend | I |
| Links in a one pulsed chain all showing one smile | K |
| Yet severed so many a mile | K |
Thomas Hardy
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