Genius Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDD ECECFGFGEHI HJKLKLL| Woe unto him the child of this sad earth | A |
| Who in a troubled world unjust and blind | B |
| Bears Genius treasure of celestial birth | A |
| Within his solitary soul enshrined | B |
| Woe unto him for Envy's pangs impure | C |
| Like the undying vultures' will be driven | D |
| Into his noble heart that must endure | C |
| Pangs for each triumph and still unforgiven | D |
| Suffer Prometheus' doom who ravished fire from Heaven | D |
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| Still though his destiny on earth may be | E |
| Grief and injustice who would not endure | C |
| With joyful calm each proffered agony | E |
| Could he the prize of Genius thus ensure | C |
| What mortal feeling kindled in his soul | F |
| That clear celestial flame so pure and high | G |
| O'er which nor time nor death can have control | F |
| Would in inglorious pleasures basely fly | G |
| From sufferings whose reward is Immortality | E |
| No though the clamors of the envious crowd | H |
| Pursue the son of Genius he will rise | I |
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| From the dull clod borne by an effort proud | H |
| Beyond the reach of vulgar enmities | J |
| 'Tis thus the eagle with his pinions spread | K |
| Reposing o'er the tempest from that height | L |
| Sees the clouds reel and roll above our head | K |
| While he rejoicing in his tranquil flight | L |
| More upward soars sublime in heaven's eternal light | L |
Victor Marie Hugo
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