Cambridge In The Long Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEG HIHJ KLKL MNMN OPOP QRDR| Where drowsy sound of college chimes | A |
| Across the air is blown | B |
| And drowsy fragrance of the limes | A |
| I lie and dream alone | B |
| - | |
| A dazzling radiance reigns o'er all | C |
| O'er gardens densely green | D |
| O'er old grey bridges and the small | C |
| Slow flood which slides between | D |
| - | |
| This is the place it is not strange | E |
| But known of old and dear | F |
| What went I forth to seek The change | E |
| Is mine why am I here | G |
| - | |
| Alas in vain I turned away | H |
| I fled the town in vain | I |
| The strenuous life of yesterday | H |
| Calleth me back again | J |
| - | |
| And was it peace I came to seek | K |
| Yet here where memories throng | L |
| Ev'n here I know the past is weak | K |
| I know the present strong | L |
| - | |
| This drowsy fragrance silent heat | M |
| Suit not my present mind | N |
| Whose eager thought goes out to meet | M |
| The life it left behind | N |
| - | |
| Spirit with sky to change such hope | O |
| An idle one we know | P |
| Unship the oars make loose the rope | O |
| Push off the boat and go | P |
| - | |
| Ah would what binds me could have been | Q |
| Thus loosened at a touch | R |
| This pain of living is too keen | D |
| Of loving is too much | R |
Amy Levy
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