Haunted In Old Japan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCC ADDEE AFFCC GGHI FFCC JJKK LMCC NNKK IIICC IDDEE| I | A |
| Music of the star shine shimmering o er the sea | B |
| Mirror me no longer in the dusk of memory | B |
| Dim and white the rose leaves drift along the shore | C |
| Wind among the roses blow no more | C |
| - | |
| II | A |
| All along the purple creek lit with silver foam | D |
| Silent silent voices cry no more of home | D |
| Soft beyond the cherry trees o er the dim lagoon | E |
| Dawns the crimson lantern of the large low moon | E |
| - | |
| III | A |
| We that loved in April we that turned away | F |
| Laughing ere the wood dove crooned across the May | F |
| Watch the withered rose leaves drift along the shore | C |
| Wind among the roses blow no more | C |
| - | |
| IV | - |
| We that saw the winter waste the weeping bower | G |
| We that saw the young love perish like a flower | G |
| We that saw the dark eyes deepening with tears | H |
| Hear the vanished voices in the land beyond the years | I |
| - | |
| V | - |
| We that hurt the thing we loved we that went astray | F |
| We that in the darkness idly dreamed of day | F |
| Ah The dreary rose leaves drift along the shore | C |
| Wind among the roses blow no more | C |
| - | |
| VI | - |
| Lonely starry faces wonderful and white | J |
| Yearning with a cry across the dim sweet night | J |
| All our dreams are blown a drift as flowers before a fan | K |
| All our hearts are haunted in the heart of old Japan | K |
| - | |
| VII | - |
| Haunted haunted haunted we that mocked and sinned | L |
| Hear the vanished voices wailing down the wind | M |
| Watch the ruined rose leaves drift along the shore | C |
| Wind among the roses blow no more | C |
| - | |
| VIII | - |
| We the sons of reason we that chose to bride | N |
| Knowledge and rejected the Dream that we denied | N |
| We that mocked the Holy Ghost and chose the Son of Man | K |
| Now must wander haunted in the heart of old Japan | K |
| - | |
| IX | I |
| Haunted haunted haunted by the sound of falling tears | I |
| Haunted haunted haunted by the yearning of the years | I |
| Ah the phantom rose leaves drift along the shore | C |
| Wind among the roses blow no more | C |
| - | |
| X | I |
| All along the purple creek lit with silver foam | D |
| Sobbing sobbing voices cry no more of home | D |
| Soft beyond the cherry trees o er the dim lagoon | E |
| Dawns the crimson lantern of the large low moon | E |
Alfred Noyes
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