I Went Down Into The Desert Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDC AECFC AGHAGC AGCIJKC| I went down into the desert | A |
| To meet Elijah | B |
| Arisen from the dead | C |
| I thought to find him in an echoing cave | D |
| For so my dream had said | C |
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| I went down into the desert | A |
| To meet John the Baptist | E |
| I walked with feet that bled | C |
| Seeking that prophet lean and brown and bold | F |
| I spied foul fiends instead | C |
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| I went down into the desert | A |
| To meet my God | G |
| By him be comforted | H |
| I went down into the desert | A |
| To meet my God | G |
| And I met the devil in red | C |
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| I went down into the desert | A |
| To meet my God | G |
| O Lord my God awaken from the dead | C |
| I see you there your thorn crown on the ground | I |
| I see you there half buried in the sand | J |
| I see you there your white bones glistening bare | K |
| The carrion birds a wheeling round your head | C |
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