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