The Angel And The Clown Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABCCCB DDDBEEEB FFFBGGGBI saw wild domes and bowers | A |
And smoking incense towers | A |
And mad exotic flowers | A |
In Illinois | B |
Where ragged ditches ran | C |
Now springs of Heaven began | C |
Celestial drink for man | C |
In Illinois | B |
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There stood beside the town | D |
Beneath its incense crown | D |
An angel and a clown | D |
In Illinois | B |
He was as Clowns are | E |
She was snow and star | E |
With eyes that looked afar | E |
In Illinois | B |
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I asked How came this place | F |
Of antique Asian grace | F |
Amid our callow race | F |
In Illinois | B |
Said Clown and Angel fair | G |
By laughter and by prayer | G |
By casting off all care | G |
In Illinois | B |
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