Merlin And The Gleam Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDECBFEFG AHIJKBKJLCMJJG ANOKJJJPQQQ DQRQQSQTUCVBKWG QCOXBYQCVCQBMBG DQBZRECMQQQQRG DRQQBQDRQBYQQYEBQBYY G DBQQQBQYBXQA2CB2C2D2 E2BEKQQBCCG D2QQQBCD2OD2D2CQG

IA
O young MarinerB
You from the havenC
Under the sea cliffD
You that are watchingE
The gray MagicianC
With eyes of wonderB
I am MerlinF
And I am dyingE
I am MerlinF
Who follow The GleamG
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IIA
Mighty the WizardH
Who found me at sunriseI
Sleeping and woke meJ
And learn'd me MagicK
Great the MasterB
And sweet the MagicK
When over the valleyJ
In early summersL
Over the mountainC
On human facesM
And all around meJ
Moving to melodyJ
Floated The GleamG
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IIIA
Once at the croak of a Raven who crost itN
A barbarous peopleO
Blind to the magicK
And deaf to the melodyJ
Snarl'd at and cursed meJ
A demon vext meJ
The light retreatedP
The landskip darken'dQ
The melody deaden'dQ
The Master whisper'dQ
'Follow The Gleam '-
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IVD
Then to the melodyQ
Over a wildernessR
Gliding and glancing atQ
Elf of the woodlandQ
Gnome of the cavernS
Griffin and GiantQ
And dancing of FairiesT
In desolate hollowsU
And wraiths of the mountainC
And rolling of dragonsV
By warble of waterB
Or cataract musicK
Of falling torrentsW
Flitted The GleamG
-
VQ
Down from the mountainC
And over the levelO
And streaming and shining onX
Silent riverB
Silvery willowY
Pasture and plowlandQ
Horses and oxenC
Innocent maidensV
Garrulous childrenC
Homestead and harvestQ
Reaper and gleanerB
And rough ruddy facesM
Of lowly labourB
Slided The GleamG
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VID
Then with a melodyQ
Stronger and statelierB
Led me at lengthZ
To the city and palaceR
Of Arthur the kingE
Touch'd at the goldenC
Cross of the churchesM
Flash'd on the TournamentQ
Flicker'd and bicker'dQ
From helmet to helmetQ
And last on the foreheadQ
Of Arthur the blamelessR
Rested The GleamG
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VIID
Clouds and darknessR
Closed upon CamelotQ
Arthur had vanish'dQ
I knew not whitherB
The king who loved meQ
And cannot dieD
For out of the darknessR
Silent and slowlyQ
The Gleam that had waned to a wintry glimmerB
On icy fallowY
And faded forestQ
Drew to the valleyQ
Named of the shadowY
And slowly brighteningE
Out of the glimmerB
And slowly moving again to a melodyQ
Yearningly tenderB
Fell on the shadowY
No longer a shadowY
But clothed with The GleamG
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VIIID
And broader and brighterB
The Gleam flying onwardQ
Wed to the melodyQ
Sang thro' the worldQ
And slower and fainterB
Old and wearyQ
But eager to followY
I saw wheneverB
In passing it glanced uponX
Hamlet or cityQ
That under the CrossesA2
The dead man's gardenC
The mortal hillockB2
Would break into blossomC2
And so to the land'sD2
Last limit I cameE2
And can no longerB
But die rejoicingE
For thro' the MagicK
Of Him the MightyQ
Who taught me in childhoodQ
There on the borderB
Of boundless OceanC
And all but in HeavenC
Hovers The GleamG
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IXD2
Not of the sunlightQ
Not of the moonlightQ
Not of the starlightQ
O young MarinerB
Down to the havenC
Call your companionsD2
Launch your vesselO
And crowd your canvasD2
And ere it vanishesD2
Over the marginC
After it follow itQ
Follow The GleamG

Alfred Lord Tennyson



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