The Cloud Chorus (from Aristophanes) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCDDC E FGFGHIHIJKJJJK LMDMMLDJJNENE| Socrates speaks | A |
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| Hither come hither ye Clouds renowned and unveil yourselves here | B |
| Come though ye dwell on the sacred crests of Olympian snow | C |
| Or whether ye dance with the Nereid choir in the gardens clear | D |
| Or whether your golden urns are dipped in Nile's overflow | C |
| Or whether you dwell by Maeotis mere | D |
| Or the snows of Mimas arise appear | D |
| And hearken to us and accept our gifts ere ye rise and go | C |
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| The Clouds sing | E |
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| Immortal Clouds from the echoing shore | F |
| Of the father of streams from the sounding sea | G |
| Dewy and fleet let us rise and soar | F |
| Dewy and gleaming and fleet are we | G |
| Let us look on the tree clad mountain crest | H |
| On the sacred earth where the fruits rejoice | I |
| On the waters that murmur east and west | H |
| On the tumbling sea with his moaning voice | I |
| For unwearied glitters the Eye of the Air | J |
| And the bright rays gleam | K |
| Then cast we our shadows of mist and fare | J |
| In our deathless shapes to glance everywhere | J |
| From the height of the heaven on the land and air | J |
| And the Ocean stream | K |
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| Let us on ye Maidens that bring the Rain | L |
| Let us gaze on Pallas' citadel | M |
| In the country of Cecrops fair and dear | D |
| The mystic land of the holy cell | M |
| Where the Rites unspoken securely dwell | M |
| And the gifts of the Gods that know not stain | L |
| And a people of mortals that know not fear | D |
| For the temples tall and the statues fair | J |
| And the feasts of the Gods are holiest there | J |
| The feasts of Immortals the chaplets of flowers | N |
| And the Bromian mirth at the coming of spring | E |
| And the musical voices that fill the hours | N |
| And the dancing feet of the Maids that sing | E |
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