The Corner Stone Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDB EFGHIH JKJKKK LMNOPQSterile these stones | A |
By time in ruin laid | B |
Yet many a creeping thing | C |
Its haven has made | B |
In these least crannies where falls | D |
Dark's dew and noonday shade | B |
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The claw of the tender bird | E |
Finds lodgment here | F |
Dye winged butterflies poise | G |
Emmet and beetle steer | H |
Their busy course the bee | I |
Drones laden near | H |
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Their myriad mirrored eyes | J |
Great day reflect | K |
By their exquisite farings | J |
Is this granite specked | K |
Is trodden to infinite dust | K |
By gnawing lichens decked | K |
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Toward what eventual dream | L |
Sleeps its cold on | M |
When into ultimate dark | N |
These lives shall be gone | O |
And even of man not a shadow remain | P |
Of all he has done | Q |
Walter De La Mare
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