Sir Galahad Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFGF HIHIJKJKLMNM OPOPQNQNRSTS TUTUVWVWXTTT YZYZTWTWVTTT A2B2A2C2TTTTD2NTN CTE2TXB2X F2WQWMY good blade carves the casques of men | A |
My tough lance thrusteth sure | B |
My strength is as the strength of ten | A |
Because my heart is pure | B |
The shattering trumpet shrilleth high | C |
The hard brands shiver on the steel | D |
The splinter'd spear shafts crack and fly | C |
The horse and rider reel | D |
They reel they roll in clanging lists | E |
And when the tide of combat stands | F |
Perfume and flowers fall in showers | G |
That lightly rain from ladies' hands | F |
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How sweet are looks that ladies bend | H |
On whom their favours fall | I |
For them I battle till the end | H |
To save from shame and thrall | I |
But all my heart is drawn above | J |
My knees are bow'd in crypt and shrine | K |
I never felt the kiss of love | J |
Nor maiden's hand in mine | K |
More bounteous aspects on me beam | L |
Me mightier transports move and thrill | M |
So keep I fair thro' faith and prayer | N |
A virgin heart in work and will | M |
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When down the stormy crescent goes | O |
A light before me swims | P |
Between dark stems the forest glows | O |
I hear a noise of hymns | P |
Then by some secret shrine I ride | Q |
I hear a voice but none are there | N |
The stalls are void the doors are wide | Q |
The tapers burning fair | N |
Fair gleams the snowy altar cloth | R |
The silver vessels sparkle clean | S |
The shrill bell rings the censer swings | T |
And solemn chaunts resound between | S |
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Sometimes on lonely mountain meres | T |
I find a magic bark | U |
I leap on board no helmsman steers | T |
I float till all is dark | U |
A gentle sound an awful light | V |
Three arngels bear the holy Grail | W |
With folded feet in stoles of white | V |
On sleeping wings they sail | W |
Ah blessed vision blood of God | X |
My spirit beats her mortal bars | T |
As down dark tides the glory slides | T |
And star like mingles with the stars | T |
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When on my goodly charger borne | Y |
Thro' dreaming towns I go | Z |
The cock crows ere the Christmas morn | Y |
The streets are dumb with snow | Z |
The tempest crackles on the leads | T |
And ringing springs from brand and mail | W |
But o'er the dark a glory spreads | T |
And gilds the driving hail | W |
I leave the plain I climb the height | V |
No branchy thicket shelter yields | T |
But blessed forms in whistling storms | T |
Fly o'er waste fens and windy fields | T |
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A maiden knight to me is given | A2 |
Such hope I know not fear | B2 |
I yearn to breathe the airs of heaven | A2 |
That often meet me here | C2 |
I muse on joy that will not cease | T |
Pure spaces clothed in living beams | T |
Pure lilies of eternal peace | T |
Whose odours haunt my dreams | T |
And stricken by an angel's hand | D2 |
This mortal armour that I wear | N |
This weight and size this heart and eyes | T |
Are touch'd are turn'd to finest air | N |
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The clouds are broken in the sky | C |
And thro' the mountain walls | T |
A rolling organ harmony | E2 |
Swells up and shakes and falls | T |
Then move the trees the copses nod | X |
Wings flutter voices hover clear | B2 |
'O just and faithful knight of God | X |
Ride on the prize is near ' | - |
So pass I hostel hall and grange | F2 |
By bridge and ford by park and pale | W |
All arm'd I ride whate'er betide | Q |
Until I find the holy Grail | W |
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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