Parisian Dream Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEFGHIJIJKLKKMGMG KKDNOPKQKJRKSPSPTTUG VKMKK KJKPWP XGGYKPKP| Constantine Guys | A |
| I | - |
| The vague and distant image | B |
| of this landscape so terrifying | C |
| on which no mortal s gazed | D |
| thrilled me again this morning | C |
| Sleep is full of miracles | E |
| By a singular caprice | F |
| from that unfolding spectacle | G |
| I d banned all shapeless leaf | H |
| a painter proud of my artistry | I |
| I savoured in my picture | J |
| the enchanting monotony | I |
| of metal marble water | J |
| Babel of stairs and arcades | K |
| it was an infinite palace | L |
| full of pools and cascades | K |
| falling gold burnt or lustreless | K |
| and heavy cataracts there | M |
| like curtains of crystal | G |
| dazzling hung in air | M |
| from walls of metal | G |
| Not trees but colonnades | K |
| circled the sleeping pools | K |
| where colossal naiads gazed | D |
| at themselves as women do | N |
| Between banks of rose and green | O |
| the blue water stretched | P |
| for millions of leagues | K |
| to the universe s edge | Q |
| there were un heard of stones | K |
| and magic waves there were | J |
| dazzled by everything shown | R |
| enormous quivering mirrors | K |
| Impassive and taciturn | S |
| Ganges in the firmament | P |
| poured treasures from the urn | S |
| into abysses of diamond | P |
| Architect of this spell | T |
| I made a tame ocean swell | T |
| entirely at my will | U |
| through a jewelled tunnel | G |
| and all seemed glossy clear | V |
| iridescent even the shades | K |
| of black liquid glory there | M |
| in light s crystallised rays | K |
| Not a single star no trace | K |
| of a sun even low in the sky | - |
| to illuminate this wondrous place | K |
| that shone with intrinsic fire | J |
| And over these shifting wonders | K |
| hovered oh dreadful novelty | P |
| All for the eye none for the ear | W |
| the silence of eternity | P |
| II | - |
| Opening eyes filled with flame | X |
| I saw the horrors of my hovel | G |
| and felt the barbs of shameful | G |
| care re entering my soul | Y |
| brutally with gloomy blows | K |
| the clock struck mid day | P |
| and the sky poured shadows | K |
| on a world benumbed and grey | P |
Charles Baudelaire
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