The Vision In The Wood Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEFF FGFGFGCE FHFIFHJJ KFKFKFLL| The husht September afternoon was sweet | A |
| With rich and peaceful light I could not hear | B |
| On either side the sound of moving feet | A |
| Although the hidden road was very near | C |
| The laden wood had powdered sun in it | D |
| Slipped through the leaves a quiet messenger | E |
| To tell me of the golden world outside | F |
| Where fields of stubble stretched through counties wide | F |
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| And yet I did not move My head reposed | F |
| Upon a tuft of dry and scented grass | G |
| And with half seeing eyes through eyelids closed | F |
| I watched the languid chain of shadows pass | G |
| Light as the slowly moving shade imposed | F |
| By summer clouds upon a sea of glass | G |
| And strove to banish or to make more clear | C |
| The elusive and persistent dream of her | E |
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| And then I saw her very dim at first | F |
| Peering for nuts amid the twisted boughs | H |
| Thought her some warm haired dryad lately burst | F |
| Out of the chambers of her leafy house | I |
| Seeking for nuts for food and for her thirst | F |
| Such water as the woodland stream allows | H |
| After the greedy summer has drunk up | J |
| All but a drain within the mossy cup | J |
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| Then I beholding her was still a space | K |
| And marked each posture as she moved or stood | F |
| Watching the sunlight on her hair and face | K |
| Thus with calm folded hands and quiet blood | F |
| I gazed until her counterfeited grace | K |
| Faded and left me lonely in the wood | F |
| Glad that the gods had given so much as this | L |
| To see her if I might not have her kiss | L |
Edward Shanks
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