Grecian Yesterday Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABA CDC EFE GHG IJI ABATo the loved days we shared alone | A |
Leda beyond the moons and miles | B |
The swan of my desire has flown | A |
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Again you stand as once you stood | C |
Naked with sun ignited hair | D |
Before the dark Hellenic wood | C |
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That hangs beside that halcyon sea | E |
And all my heart is turned to love | F |
And love fulfills the veins of me | E |
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No Syrinx flees no satyr sallies | G |
From the still oaks and brooding bays | H |
In us their ancient rapture rallies | G |
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That sweeps away the world and brings | I |
Once more the many flowered prime | J |
After an age of flowerless things | I |
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To the loved days we shared alone | A |
Leda beyond the moons and miles | B |
The swan of my desire has flown | A |
Clark Ashton Smith
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