The Village Street Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDB EFGFGF BHIJKH DLDLJL BMNMJM DOPOCO BBCBDB JBDBQB BHBHDH BRBRSR JMAMJM BTBTDTIn these rapid restless shadows | A |
Once I walked at eventide | B |
When a gentle silent maiden | C |
Walked in beauty at my side | B |
She alone there walked beside me | D |
All in beauty like a bride | B |
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Pallidly the moon was shining | E |
On the dewy meadows nigh | F |
On the silvery silent rivers | G |
On the mountains far and high | F |
On the ocean's star lit waters | G |
Where the winds a weary die | F |
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Slowly silently we wandered | B |
From the open cottage door | H |
Underneath the elm's long branches | I |
To the pavement bending o'er | J |
Underneath the mossy willow | K |
And the dying sycamore | H |
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With the myriad stars in beauty | D |
All bedight the heavens were seen | L |
Radiant hopes were bright around me | D |
Like the light of stars serene | L |
Like the mellow midnight splendor | J |
Of the Night's irradiate queen | L |
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Audibly the elm leaves whispered | B |
Peaceful pleasant melodies | M |
Like the distant murmured music | N |
Of unquiet lovely seas | M |
While the winds were hushed in slumber | J |
In the fragrant flowers and trees | M |
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Wondrous and unwonted beauty | D |
Still adorning all did seem | O |
While I told my love in fables | P |
'Neath the willows by the stream | O |
Would the heart have kept unspoken | C |
Love that was its rarest dream | O |
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Instantly away we wandered | B |
In the shadowy twilight tide | B |
She the silent scornful maiden | C |
Walking calmly at my side | B |
With a step serene and stately | D |
All in beauty all in pride | B |
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Vacantly I walked beside her | J |
On the earth mine eyes were cast | B |
Swift and keen there came unto me | D |
Bitter memories of the past | B |
On me like the rain in Autumn | Q |
On the dead leaves cold and fast | B |
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Underneath the elms we parted | B |
By the lowly cottage door | H |
One brief word alone was uttered | B |
Never on our lips before | H |
And away I walked forlornly | D |
Broken hearted evermore | H |
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Slowly silently I loitered | B |
Homeward in the night alone | R |
Sudden anguish bound my spirit | B |
That my youth had never known | R |
Wild unrest like that which cometh | S |
When the Night's first dream hath flown | R |
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Now to me the elm leaves whisper | J |
Mad discordant melodies | M |
And keen melodies like shadows | A |
Haunt the moaning willow trees | M |
And the sycamores with laughter | J |
Mock me in the nightly breeze | M |
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Sad and pale the Autumn moonlight | B |
Through the sighing foliage streams | T |
And each morning midnight shadow | B |
Shadow of my sorrow seems | T |
Strive O heart forget thine idol | D |
And O soul forget thy dreams | T |
Edgar Allan Poe
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