The Marionettes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IFIF JFJF KLMN| Let the foul Scene proceed | A |
| There's laughter in the wings | B |
| 'Tis sawdust that they bleed | A |
| But a box Death brings | B |
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| How rare a skill is theirs | C |
| These extreme pangs to show | D |
| How real a frenzy wears | C |
| Each feigner of woe | D |
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| Gigantic dins uprise | E |
| Even the gods must feel | F |
| A smarting of the eyes | E |
| As these fumes upsweal | F |
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| Strange such a Piece is free | G |
| While we Spectators sit | H |
| Aghast at its agony | G |
| Yet absorbed in it | H |
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| Dark is the outer air | I |
| Cold the night draughts blow | F |
| Mutely we stare and stare | I |
| At the frenzied Show | F |
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| Yet heaven hath its quiet shroud | J |
| Of deep immutable blue | F |
| We cry An end We are bowed | J |
| By the dread 'Tis true | F |
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| While the Shape who hoofs applause | K |
| Behind our deafened ear | L |
| Hoots angel wise the Cause | M |
| And affright even fear | N |
Walter De La Mare
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