On The Downs Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABA CDCDC EFEFE GHGHG IJIJK| THE little moon is dead | A |
| Drowned in the flood of rain | B |
| That drips from roof of byre and shed | A |
| And splashes in the lane | B |
| The leafless lean flanked lane where last year's leaves are spread | A |
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| The sheep cower in the fold | C |
| Where the rain beats them blind | D |
| Where scarce the rotten hurdles hold | C |
| Against the weary wind | D |
| That moans with angry tears across the pathless wold | C |
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| Dim lights across the down | E |
| Show where the lone farms lie | F |
| The twisted trees have lost their brown | E |
| Are black against the sky | F |
| And far below blink lights gay lights of Brighton town | E |
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| Ah was the moon once bright | G |
| And did the thyme smell sweet | H |
| Where between dewy dusk and light | G |
| The warm turf felt our feet | H |
| And bean flowers scented all the enchanted summer night | G |
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| Did sheep bells tinkle clear | I |
| Across the golden haze | J |
| Were the woods ever leafy dear | I |
| In those forgotten days | J |
| The wet wind shrieks denial no other voice speaks here | K |
Edith Nesbit
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