Elijah Browning Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDCEFGHIJKLMNOPQG RSTUVWGXYSZGA2S| I was among multitudes of children | A |
| Dancing at the foot of a mountain | A |
| A breeze blew out of the east and swept them as leaves | B |
| Driving some up the slopes All was changed | C |
| Here were flying lights and mystic moons and dream music | D |
| A cloud fell upon us When it lifted all was changed | C |
| I was now amid multitudes who were wrangling | E |
| Then a figure in shimmering gold and one with a trumpet | F |
| And one with a sceptre stood before me | G |
| They mocked me and danced a rigadoon and vanished | H |
| All was changed again Out of a bower of poppies | I |
| A woman bared her breasts and lifted her open mouth to mine | J |
| I kissed her The taste of her lips was like salt | K |
| She left blood on my lips I fell exhausted | L |
| I arose and ascended higher but a mist as from an iceberg | M |
| Clouded my steps I was cold and in pain | N |
| Then the sun streamed on me again | O |
| And I saw the mists below me hiding all below them | P |
| And I bent over my staff knew myself | Q |
| Silhouetted against the snow And above me | G |
| Was the soundless air pierced by a cone of ice | R |
| Over which hung a solitary star | S |
| A shudder of ecstasy a shudder of fear | T |
| Ran through me But I could not return to the slopes | U |
| Nay I wished not to return | V |
| For the spent waves of the symphony of freedom | W |
| Lapped the ethereal cliffs about me | G |
| Therefore I climbed to the pinnacle | X |
| I flung away my staff | Y |
| I touched that star | S |
| With my outstretched hand | Z |
| I vanished utterly | G |
| For the mountain delivers to Infinite Truth | A2 |
| Whosoever touches the star | S |
Edgar Lee Masters
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