Fragment Ii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEF GHH HIH JKH LHM NHO PHQ RST UVW XHR HYZ UA2H B2HC2 HHH D2HW HE2U F2HG2 DH2H HI2J2 K2L2H DM2V C2HH J2HN2 HO2QHThe light of day was fading in the west | A |
The smoke no more from village chimneys curled | B |
Nor voice of man nor bark of dog was heard | C |
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When she obedient to Love's rendezvous | D |
Had reached the middle of a plain than which | E |
No other more bewitching could be found | F |
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The moon on every side her lustre shed | G |
And all in robes of silver light arrayed | H |
The trees with which the place was garlanded | H |
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The rustling boughs were murmuring to the wind | H |
And blending with the plaintive nightingale | I |
A rivulet poured forth its sweet lament | H |
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The sea shone in the distance and the fields | J |
And groves and slowly rising one by one | K |
The summits of the mountains were revealed | H |
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In quiet shade the sombre valley lay | L |
While all the little hills around were clothed | H |
With the soft lustre of the dewy moon | M |
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The maiden kept the silent lonely path | N |
And gently passing o'er her face she felt | H |
The motion of the perfume laden breeze | O |
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If she were happy it were vain to ask | P |
The scene delighted her and the delight | H |
Her heart was promising was greater still | Q |
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How swift your flight O lovely hours serene | R |
No other pleasure here below endures | S |
Or lingers with us long save hope alone | T |
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The night began to change and dark became | U |
The face of heaven that was so beautiful | V |
And all her pleasure now was turned to fear | W |
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An angry cloud precursor of the storm | X |
Behind the mountains rose and still increased | H |
Till moon or star no longer could be seen | R |
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She saw it spreading upon every side | H |
And by degrees ascending through the air | Y |
And now with its black mantle covering all | Z |
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The scanty light more faint and faint became | U |
The wind meanwhile was rising in the grove | A2 |
That on the farther side the spot enclosed | H |
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And every moment was more boisterous | B2 |
Till every bird awaking in its fright | H |
Amidst the trembling leaves was fluttering | C2 |
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The cloud increasing still unto the coast | H |
Descended so that one extremity | H |
The mountains touched the other touched the sea | H |
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And now from out its black and hollow womb | D2 |
The pattering rain drops falling fast were heard | H |
The sound increasing as the cloud drew near | W |
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And round her now the glancing lightning flashed | H |
In fearful mood and made her shut her eyes | E2 |
The ground was black the air a mass of flame | U |
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Her trembling knees could scarce her weight sustain | F2 |
The thunder roared with a continuous sound | H |
Like torrent plunging headlong from the cliff | G2 |
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At times she paused the dismal scene to view | D |
In blank dismay then on she ran again | H2 |
Her hair and clothes all streaming in the wind | H |
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The cruel wind beat hard against her breast | H |
And rushing fiercely with its angry breath | I2 |
The cold drops dashed remorseless in her face | J2 |
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The thunder like a beast assaulted her | K2 |
With terrible unintermitting roar | L2 |
And more and more the rain and tempest raged | H |
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And from all sides in wild confusion flew | D |
The dust and leaves the branches and the stones | M2 |
With hideous tumult inconceivable | V |
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Her weary blinded eyes now covering | C2 |
And folding close her clothes against her breast | H |
She through the storm her fearful path pursued | H |
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But now the lightning glared so in her face | J2 |
That overcome by fright at last she went | H |
No farther and her heart within her sank | N2 |
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And back she turned And even as she turned | H |
The lightning ceased to flash the air was dark | O2 |
The thunder's voice was hushed the wind stood still | Q |
And all was silent round and she at rest | H |
Count Giacomo Leopardi
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