The Lady Of Shalott (1842) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAAABCCCB DDDDBEEEB BBBBBBBBB FFFFBFFFA BBBBBFFFB GGGGBBBBB BBBBBFFFB BBBBBBBBA BBBBBBBBB FFFFBHHHB DDDDBBBBB BBBBBDDDB IIIIBBBBJ KKKKBBBBB BBBBBBBBB BBBBBLHLB FFFFBBBBB FFAABMMMB NGGGBBBBBPART I | A |
On either side the river lie | A |
Long fields of barley and of rye | A |
That clothe the wold and meet the sky | A |
And thro' the field the road runs by | A |
To many tower'd Camelot | B |
And up and down the people go | C |
Gazing where the lilies blow | C |
Round an island there below | C |
The island of Shalott | B |
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Willows whiten aspens quiver | D |
Little breezes dusk and shiver | D |
Thro' the wave that runs for ever | D |
By the island in the river | D |
Flowing down to Camelot | B |
Four gray walls and four gray towers | E |
Overlook a space of flowers | E |
And the silent isle imbowers | E |
The Lady of Shalott | B |
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By the margin willow veil'd | B |
Slide the heavy barges trail'd | B |
By slow horses and unhail'd | B |
The shallop flitteth silken sail'd | B |
Skimming down to Camelot | B |
But who hath seen her wave her hand | B |
Or at the casement seen her stand | B |
Or is she known in all the land | B |
The Lady of Shalott | B |
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Only reapers reaping early | F |
In among the bearded barley | F |
Hear a song that echoes cheerly | F |
From the river winding clearly | F |
Down to tower'd Camelot | B |
And by the moon the reaper weary | F |
Piling sheaves in uplands airy | F |
Listening whispers 'Tis the fairy | F |
Lady of Shalott PART II | A |
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There she weaves by night and day | B |
A magic web with colours gay | B |
She has heard a whisper say | B |
A curse is on her if she stay | B |
To look down to Camelot | B |
She knows not what the curse may be | F |
And so she weaveth steadily | F |
And little other care hath she | F |
The Lady of Shalott | B |
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And moving thro' a mirror clear | G |
That hangs before her all the year | G |
Shadows of the world appear | G |
There she sees the highway near | G |
Winding down to Camelot | B |
There the river eddy whirls | B |
And there the surly village churls | B |
And the red cloaks of market girls | B |
Pass onward from Shalott | B |
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Sometimes a troop of damsels glad | B |
An abbot on an ambling pad | B |
Sometimes a curly shepherd lad | B |
Or long hair'd page in crimson clad | B |
Goes by to tower'd Camelot | B |
And sometimes thro' the mirror blue | F |
The knights come riding two and two | F |
She hath no loyal knight and true | F |
The Lady of Shalott | B |
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But in her web she still delights | B |
To weave the mirror's magic sights | B |
For often thro' the silent nights | B |
A funeral with plumes and lights | B |
And music went to Camelot | B |
Or when the moon was overhead | B |
Came two young lovers lately wed | B |
I am half sick of shadows said | B |
The Lady of Shalott PART III | A |
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A bow shot from her bower eaves | B |
He rode between the barley sheaves | B |
The sun came dazzling thro' the leaves | B |
And flamed upon the brazen greaves | B |
Of bold Sir Lancelot | B |
A red cross knight for ever kneel'd | B |
To a lady in his shield | B |
That sparkled on the yellow field | B |
Beside remote Shalott | B |
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The gemmy bridle glitter'd free | F |
Like to some branch of stars we see | F |
Hung in the golden Galaxy | F |
The bridle bells rang merrily | F |
As he rode down to Camelot | B |
And from his blazon'd baldric slung | H |
A mighty silver bugle hung | H |
And as he rode his armour rung | H |
Beside remote Shalott | B |
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All in the blue unclouded weather | D |
Thick jewell'd shone the saddle leather | D |
The helmet and the helmet feather | D |
Burn'd like one burning flame together | D |
As he rode down to Camelot | B |
As often thro' the purple night | B |
Below the starry clusters bright | B |
Some bearded meteor trailing light | B |
Moves over still Shalott | B |
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His broad clear brow in sunlight glow'd | B |
On burnish'd hooves his war horse trode | B |
From underneath his helmet flow'd | B |
His coal black curls as on he rode | B |
As he rode down to Camelot | B |
From the bank and from the river | D |
He flash'd into the crystal mirror | D |
Tirra lirra by the river | D |
Sang Sir Lancelot | B |
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She left the web she left the loom | I |
She made three paces thro' the room | I |
She saw the water lily bloom | I |
She saw the helmet and the plume | I |
She look'd down to Camelot | B |
Out flew the web and floated wide | B |
The mirror crack'd from side to side | B |
The curse is come upon me cried | B |
The Lady of Shalott PART IV | J |
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In the stormy east wind straining | K |
The pale yellow woods were waning | K |
The broad stream in his banks complaining | K |
Heavily the low sky raining | K |
Over tower'd Camelot | B |
Down she came and found a boat | B |
Beneath a willow left afloat | B |
And round about the prow she wrote | B |
The Lady of Shalott | B |
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And down the river's dim expanse | B |
Like some bold se euml r in a trance | B |
Seeing all his own mischance | B |
With a glassy countenance | B |
Did she look to Camelot | B |
And at the closing of the day | B |
She loosed the chain and down she lay | B |
The broad stream bore her far away | B |
The Lady of Shalott | B |
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Lying robed in snowy white | B |
That loosely flew to left and right | B |
The leaves upon her falling light | B |
Thro' the noises of the night | B |
She floated down to Camelot | B |
And as the boat head wound along | L |
The willowy hills and fields among | H |
They heard her singing her last song | L |
The Lady of Shalott | B |
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Heard a carol mournful holy | F |
Chanted loudly chanted lowly | F |
Till her blood was frozen slowly | F |
And her eyes were darken'd wholly | F |
Turn'd to tower'd Camelot | B |
For ere she reach'd upon the tide | B |
The first house by the water side | B |
Singing in her song she died | B |
The Lady of Shalott | B |
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Under tower and balcony | F |
By garden wall and gallery | F |
A gleaming shape she floated by | A |
Dead pale between the houses high | A |
Silent into Camelot | B |
Out upon the wharfs they came | M |
Knight and burgher lord and dame | M |
And round the prow they read her name | M |
The Lady of Shalott | B |
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Who is this and what is here | N |
And in the lighted palace near | G |
Died the sound of royal cheer | G |
And they cross'd themselves for fear | G |
All the knights at Camelot | B |
But Lancelot mused a little space | B |
He said She has a lovely face | B |
God in his mercy lend her grace | B |
The Lady of Shalott | B |
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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