The Glow-worm Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDCD EFFE GHGH| The pale road winds faintly upward into the dark skies | A |
| And beside it on the rough grass that the wind invisibly stirs | B |
| Sheltered by sharp speared gorse and the berried junipers | B |
| Shining steadily with a green light the glow worm lies | A |
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| We regard it and this hill and all the other hills | C |
| That fall in folds to the river very smooth and steep | D |
| And the hangers and brakes that the darkness thickly fills | C |
| Fade like phantoms round the light and night is deep so deep | D |
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| That all the world is emptiness about the still flame | E |
| And we are small shadows standing lost in the huge night | F |
| We gather up the glow worm stooping with dazzled sight | F |
| And carry it to the little enclosed garden whence we came | E |
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| And place it on the short grass Then the shadowy flowers fade | G |
| The walls waver and melt and the houses disappear | H |
| And the solid town trembles into insubstantial shade | G |
| Round the light of the burning glow worm steady and clear | H |
Edward Shanks
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