Narcissus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABAB CDCDDD EFEFEF CGCGG| Where the minnows trace | A |
| A glinting web quick hid in the gloom of the brook | B |
| When I think of the place | A |
| And remember the small lad lying intent to look | B |
| Through the shadowy face | A |
| At the little fish thread threading the watery nook | B |
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| It seems to me | C |
| The woman you are should be nixie there is a pool | D |
| Where we ought to be | C |
| You undine clear and pearly soullessly cool | D |
| And waterly | D |
| The pool for my limbs to fathom my soul's last school | D |
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| Narcissus | E |
| Ventured so long ago in the deeps of reflection | F |
| Illyssus | E |
| Broke the bounds and beyond Dim recollection | F |
| Of fishes | E |
| Soundlessly moving in heaven's other direction | F |
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| Be | C |
| Undine towards the waters moving back | G |
| For me | C |
| A pool Put off the soul you've got oh lack | G |
| Your human self immortal take the watery track | G |
D. H. Lawrence
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