Fairy Tale Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHDB AIJI KLML MBNB GOCO MPQP AGGG JRCR ASTS ALUL KVGW XYXY ZA2AA2 B2C2CC2 ASGS D2E2F2E2 JG2CG2 CSCS B2H2KH2 CI2J2I2 GK2JK2 GL2AL2 D2E2F2E2Once in times forgotten | A |
In a fairy place | B |
Through the steppe a rider | C |
Made his way apace | B |
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While he sped to battle | D |
Nearing from the dim | E |
Distance a dark forest | F |
Rose ahead of him | E |
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Something kept repeating | G |
Seemed his heart to graze | H |
Tighten up the saddle | D |
Fear the watering place | B |
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But he did not listen | A |
Heeding but his will | I |
At full speed he bounded | J |
Up the wooded hill | I |
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Rode into a valley | K |
Turning from the mound | L |
Galloped through a meadow | M |
Skirted higher ground | L |
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Reached a gloomy hollow | M |
Found a trail to trace | B |
Down the woodland pathway | N |
To the watering place | B |
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Deaf to voice of warning | G |
And without remorse | O |
Down the slope the rider | C |
Led his thirsty horse | O |
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Where the stream grew shallow | M |
Winding through the glen | P |
Eerie flames lit up the | Q |
Entrance to a den | P |
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Through thick clouds of crimson | A |
Smoke above the spring | G |
An uncanny calling | G |
Made the forest ring | G |
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And the rider started | J |
And with peering eye | R |
Urged his horse in answer | C |
To the haunting cry | R |
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Then he saw the dragon | A |
And he gripped his lance | S |
And his horse stood breathless | T |
Fearing to advance | S |
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Thrice around a maiden | A |
Was the serpent wound | L |
Fire breathing nostrils | U |
Cast a glare around | L |
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And the dragon's body | K |
Moved his scaly neck | V |
At her shoulder snaking | G |
Whiplike forth and back | W |
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By that country's custom | X |
Was a young and fair | Y |
Captive brought as ransom | X |
To the dragon's lair | Y |
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This then was the tribute | Z |
That the people owed | A2 |
To the worm protection | A |
For a poor abode | A2 |
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Now the dragon hugged his | B2 |
Victim in alarm | C2 |
And the coils grew tighter | C |
Round her throat and arm | C2 |
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Skyward looked the horseman | A |
With imploring glance | S |
And for the impending | G |
Fight he couched his lance | S |
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Tightly closing eyelids | D2 |
Heights and cloudy spheres | E2 |
Rivers Waters Boulders | F2 |
Centuries and years | E2 |
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Helmetless the wounded | J |
Lies his life at stake | G2 |
With his hooves the charger | C |
Tramples down the snake | G2 |
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On the sand together | C |
Dragon steed and lance | S |
In a swoon the rider | C |
The maiden in a trance | S |
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Blue the sky soft breezes | B2 |
Tender noon caress | H2 |
Who is she A lady | K |
Peasant girl Princess | H2 |
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Now in joyous wonder | C |
Cannot cease to weep | I2 |
Now again abandoned | J2 |
To unending sleep | I2 |
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Now his strength returning | G |
Opens up his eyes | K2 |
Now anew the wounded | J |
Limp and listless lies | K2 |
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But their hearts are beating | G |
Waves surge up die down | L2 |
Carry them and waken | A |
And in slumber drown | L2 |
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Tightly closing eyelids | D2 |
Heights and cloudy spheres | E2 |
Rivers Waters Boulders | F2 |
Centuries and years | E2 |
Boris Pasternak
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