The Corner Stone Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDB EFGHIH JKJKKK LMNOPQ| Sterile 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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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