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 D2E2F2E2| Once 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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