Rhymes And Rhythms - Xii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CADA EFEF GHGH| Some starlit garden grey with dew | A |
| Some chamber flushed with wine and fire | B |
| What matters where so I and you | A |
| Are worthy our desire | B |
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| Behind a past that scolds and jeers | C |
| For ungirt loin and lamp unlit | A |
| In front the unmanageable years | D |
| The trap upon the pit | A |
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| Think on the shame of dreams for deeds | E |
| The scandal of unnatural strife | F |
| The slur upon immortal needs | E |
| The treason done to life | F |
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| Arise no more a living lie | G |
| And with me quicken and control | H |
| A memory that shall magnify | G |
| The universal Soul | H |
William Ernest Henley
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