Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: Li Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEDFGFGHH| When I hear laughter from a tavern door | A |
| When I see crowds agape and in the rain | B |
| Watching on tiptoe and with stifled roar | A |
| To see a rocket fired or a bull slain | B |
| When misers handle gold when orators | C |
| Touch strong men's hearts with glory till they weep | D |
| When cities deck their streets for barren wars | E |
| Which have laid waste their youth and when I keep | D |
| Calmly the count of my own life and see | F |
| On what poor stuff my manhood's dreams were fed | G |
| Till I too learned what dole of vanity | F |
| Will serve a human soul for daily bread | G |
| Then I remember that I once was young | H |
| And lived with Esther the world's gods among | H |
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
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