The Human Abstract Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DDEE FGHI JKLC MMJJ CCNN| Pity would be no more | A |
| If we did not make somebody Poor | B |
| And Mercy no more could be | C |
| If all were as happy as we | C |
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| And mutual fear brings peace | D |
| Till the selfish loves increase | D |
| Then Cruelty knits a snare | E |
| And spreads his baits with care | E |
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| He sits down with holy fears | F |
| And waters the ground with tears | G |
| Then Humility takes its root | H |
| Underneath his foot | I |
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| Soon spreads the dismal shade | J |
| Of Mystery over his head | K |
| And the Caterpillar and Fly | L |
| Feed on the Mystery | C |
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| And it bears the fruit of Deceit | M |
| Ruddy and sweet to eat | M |
| And the Raven his nest has made | J |
| In its thickest shade | J |
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| The Gods of the earth and sea | C |
| Sought thro' Nature to find this Tree | C |
| But their search was all in vain | N |
| There grows one in the Human Brain | N |
William Blake
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