Al Aaraaf: Part 2 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFGFGGHIJJK KGGLMNNOOPPJJQQRSPP JJNNTTJJ UULMJJJJVWGG JJXXUUNN YDYDYZYZJA2CA2NB2NB2 C2JD2JE2JE2JNNJJC2JC 2J F2CJCG2H2G2H2JGJG YJYJH2I2H2I2LYMYH2H2 H2H2JDJDH2JH2JNJNJJJ CJYJ2YJ2CK2CK2YJYJ JYJJYYL2L2F2F2NNM2M2 JJXXTTH2H2YYN2N2XXE2 E2YYJJNNNNJJMM YYO2O2XXHHJJP2P2FFYY P2P2HHHYYNNJJP2P2 JJE2E2 JJJJJJYYYJH2H2Q2Q2 H2H2HHJJJJH2H2JJNNP2 P2 YYH2H2

High on a mountain of enamell'd headA
Such as the drowsy shepherd on his bedA
Of giant pasturage lying at his easeB
Raising his heavy eyelid starts and seesB
With many a mutter'd hope to be forgivenC
What time the moon is quadrated in HeavenC
Of rosy head that towering far awayD
Into the sunlit ether caught the rayD
Of sunken suns at eve at noon of nightE
While the moon danc'd with the fair stranger lightE
Uprear'd upon such height arose a pileF
Of gorgeous columns on th' unburthen'd airG
Flashing from Parian marble that twin smileF
Far down upon the wave that sparkled thereG
And nursled the young mountain in its lairG
Of molten stars their pavement such as fallH
Thro' the ebon air besilvering the pallI
Of their own dissolution while they dieJ
Adorning then the dwellings of the skyJ
A dome by linked light from Heaven let downK
Sat gently on these columns as a crownK
A window of one circular diamond thereG
Look'd out above into the purple airG
And rays from God shot down that meteor chainL
And hallow'd all the beauty twice againM
Save when between th' empyrean and that ringN
Some eager spirit Flapp'd his dusky wingN
But on the pillars Seraph eyes have seenO
The dimness of this world that greyish greenO
That Nature loves the best Beauty's graveP
Lurk'd in each cornice round each architraveP
And every sculptur'd cherub thereaboutJ
That from his marble dwelling peered outJ
Seem'd earthly in the shadow of his nicheQ
Achaian statues in a world so richQ
Friezes from Tadmor and PersepolisR
From Balbec and the stilly clear abyssS
Of beautiful Gomorrah O the waveP
Is now upon thee but too late to saveP
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Sound loves to revel in a summer nightJ
Witness the murmur of the grey twilightJ
That stole upon the ear in EyracoN
Of many a wild star gazer long agoN
That stealeth ever on the ear of himT
Who musing gazeth on the distance dimT
And sees the darkness coming as a cloudJ
Is not its form its voice most palpable and loudJ
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But what is this it cometh and it bringsU
A music with it 'tis the rush of wingsU
A pause and then a sweeping falling strainL
And Nesace is in her halls againM
From the wild energy of wanton hasteJ
Her cheeks were flushing and her lips aPartJ
And zone that clung around her gentle waistJ
Had burst beneath the heaving of her heartJ
Within the centre of that hall to breatheV
She paused and panted Zanthe all beneathW
The fairy light that kiss'd her golden hairG
And long'd to rest yet could but sparkle thereG
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Young flowers were whispering in melodyJ
To happy flowers that night and tree to treeJ
Fountains were gushing music as they fellX
In many a star lit grove or moon lit dellX
Yet silence came upon material thingsU
Fair flowers bright waterfalls and angel wingsU
And sound alone that from the spirit sprangN
Bore burthen to the charm the maiden sangN
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'Neath the blue bell or streamerY
Or tufted wild sprayD
That keeps from the dreamerY
The moonbeam awayD
Bright beings that ponderY
With half closing eyesZ
On the stars which your wonderY
Hath drawn from the skiesZ
Till they glance thro' the shade andJ
Come down to your browA2
Like eyes of the maidenC
Who calls on you nowA2
Arise from your dreamingN
In violet bowersB2
To duty beseemingN
These star litten hoursB2
And shake from your tressesC2
Encumber'd with dewJ
The breath of those kissesD2
That cumber them tooJ
O how without you LoveE2
Could angels be blestJ
Those kisses of true LoveE2
That lull'd ye to restJ
Up shake from your wingN
Each hindering thingN
The dew of the nightJ
It would weigh down your flightJ
And true love caressesC2
O leave them aPartJ
They are light on the tressesC2
But lead on the heartJ
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Ligeia LigeiaF2
My beautiful oneC
Whose harshest ideaJ
Will to melody runC
O is it thy willG2
On the breezes to tossH2
Or capriciously stillG2
Like the lone AlbatrosH2
Incumbent on nightJ
As she on the airG
To keep watch with delightJ
On the harmony thereG
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Ligeia whereverY
Thy image may beJ
No magic shall severY
Thy music from theeJ
Thou hast bound many eyesH2
In a dreamy sleepI2
But the strains still ariseH2
Which thy vigilance keepI2
The sound of the rainL
Which leaps down to the flowerY
And dances againM
In the rhythm of the showerY
The murmur that springsH2
From the growing of grassH2
Are the music of thingsH2
But are modell'd alasH2
Away then my dearestJ
Oh hie thee awayD
To the springs that lie clearestJ
Beneath the moon rayD
To lone lake that smilesH2
In its dream of deep restJ
At the many star islesH2
That enjewel its breastJ
Where wild flowers creepingN
Have mingled their shadeJ
On its margin is sleepingN
Full many a maidJ
Some have left the cool glade andJ
Have slept with the beeJ
Arouse them my maidenC
On moorland and leaJ
Go breathe on their slumberY
All softly in earJ2
Thy musical numberY
They slumbered to hearJ2
For what can awakenC
An angel so soonK2
Whose sleep hath been takenC
Beneath the cold moonK2
As the spell which no slumberY
Of witchery may testJ
The rhythmical numberY
Which lull'd him to restJ
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Spirits in wing and angels to the viewJ
A thousand seraphs burst th' Empyrean thro'Y
Young dreams still hovering on their drowsy flightJ
Seraphs in all but Knowledge the keen lightJ
That fell refracted thro' thy bounds afarY
O Death from eye of God upon that starY
Sweet was that error sweeter still that deathL2
Sweet was that error even with us the breathL2
Of Science dims the mirror of our joyF2
To them 'twere the Simoom and would destroyF2
For what to them availeth it to knowN
That Truth is Falsehood or that Bliss is WoeN
Sweet was their death with them to die was rifeM2
With the last ecstasy of satiate lifeM2
Beyond that death no immortalityJ
But sleep that pondereth and is not to be'J
And there oh may my weary spirit dwellX
APart from Heaven's Eternity and yet how far from HellX
What guilty spirit in what shrubbery dimT
Heard not the stirring summons of that hymnT
But two they fell for Heaven no grace imPartsH2
To those who hear not for their beating heartsH2
A maiden angel and her seraph loverY
O where and ye may seek the wide skies overY
Was Love the blind near sober Duty knownN2
Unguided Love hath fallen 'mid tears of perfect moanN2
He was a goodly spirit he who fellX
A wanderer by moss y mantled wellX
A gazer on the lights that shine aboveE2
A dreamer in the moonbeam by his loveE2
What wonder for each star is eye like thereY
And looks so sweetly down on Beauty's hairY
And they and ev'ry mossy spring were holyJ
To his love haunted heart and melancholyJ
The night had found to him a night of woeN
Upon a mountain crag young AngeloN
Beetling it bends athwart the solemn skyN
And scowls on starry worlds that down beneath it lieN
Here sat he with his love his dark eye bentJ
With eagle gaze along the firmamentJ
Now turn'd it upon her but ever thenM
It trembled to the orb of Earth againM
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Ianthe dearest see how dim that rayY
How lovely 'tis to look so far awayY
She seem'd not thus upon that autumn eveO2
I left her gorgeous halls nor mourn'd to leaveO2
That eve that eve I should remember wellX
The sun ray dropp'd in Lemnos with a spellX
On th' arabesque carving of a gilded hallH
Wherein I sate and on the draperied wallH
And on my eyelids O the heavy lightJ
How drowsily it weigh'd them into nightJ
On flowers before and mist and love they ranP2
With Persian Saadi in his GulistanP2
But O that light I slumber'd Death the whileF
Stole o'er my senses in that lovely isleF
So softly that no single silken hairY
Awoke that slept or knew that he was thereY
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The last spot of Earth's orb I trod uponP2
Was a proud temple call'd the ParthenonP2
More beauty clung around her column'd wallH
Than ev'n thy glowing bosom beats withalH
And when old Time my wing did disenthralH
Thence sprang I as the eagle from his towerY
And years I left behind me in an hourY
What time upon her airy bounds I hungN
One half the garden of her globe was flungN
Unrolling as a chart unto my viewJ
Tenantless cities of the desert tooJ
Ianthe beauty crowded on me thenP2
And half I wish'd to be again of menP2
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My Angelo and why of them to beJ
A brighter dwelling place is here for theeJ
And greener fields than in yon world aboveE2
And woman's loveliness and passionate loveE2
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But list Ianthe when the air so softJ
Fail'd as my pennon'd spirit leapt aloftJ
Perhaps my brain grew dizzy but the worldJ
I left so late was into chaos hurl'dJ
Sprang from her station on the winds aPartJ
And roll'd a flame the fiery Heaven athwartJ
Methought my sweet one then I ceased to soarY
And fell not swiftly as I rose beforeY
But with a downward tremulous motion thro'Y
Light brazen rays this golden star untoJ
Nor long the measure of my falling hoursH2
For nearest of all stars was thine to oursH2
Dread star that came amid a night of mirthQ2
A red Daedalion on the timid EarthQ2
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We came and to thy Earth but not to usH2
Be given our lady's bidding to discussH2
We came my love around above belowH
Gay fire fly of the night we come and goH
Nor ask a reason save the angel nodJ
She grants to us as granted by her GodJ
But Angelo than thine grey Time unfurl'dJ
Never his fairy wing O'er fairier worldJ
Dim was its little disk and angel eyesH2
Alone could see the phantom in the skiesH2
When first Al Aaraaf knew her course to beJ
Headlong thitherward o'er the starry seaJ
But when its glory swell'd upon the skyN
As glowing Beauty's bust beneath man's eyeN
We paused before the heritage of menP2
And thy star trembled as doth Beauty thenP2
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Thus in discourse the lovers whiled awayY
The night that waned and waned and brought no dayY
They fell for Heaven to them no hope imPartsH2
Who hear not for the beating of their heartsH2

Edgar Allan Poe



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