The Lark Confinèd In His Cage Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF HIHI JKJK LMLM NONO PQPQ RMRR ISTS| The lark confin d in his cage | A |
| And captive in his wing | B |
| Though fluttering with imprisoned rage | A |
| Forbeareth not to sing | B |
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| But still the strain though loud and long | C |
| Is but the mock of mirth | D |
| Not that dawn dewy nuptial song | C |
| That weddeth Heaven with Earth | D |
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| Voice that in freedom seems so soft | E |
| Fettered sounds harsh and rough | F |
| Listen He shrilleth far too oft | G |
| Nor faltereth half enough | F |
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| And I still feebler it not free | H |
| Do hourly more and more | I |
| Grow silent in captivity | H |
| And if I sing must soar | I |
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| And as the lark's free carol floats | J |
| High on a sea of sound | K |
| So let me fling my random notes | J |
| To ripple round and round | K |
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| Hark now he shakes the towering skies | L |
| A carillon of light | M |
| Then dwindleth to a faint surmise | L |
| Still singing out of sight | M |
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| And though in clearest light arrayed | N |
| The Poet's song should shine | O |
| Sometimes his far off voice will fade | N |
| Into the dim divine | O |
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| Then we with following ear and heart | P |
| Should listen to the end | Q |
| Though we descry may but in part | P |
| And dimly apprehend | Q |
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| Lo soon he quits his heavenly quest | R |
| Slow carolling into sight | M |
| Then quavering downward strikes his nest | R |
| Earthward aerolite | R |
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| So doubt not dear that if I soar | I |
| Where none longwhile may dwell | S |
| Though Heaven at times may be my home | T |
| Home is my Heaven as well | S |
Alfred Austin
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