Bon Voyage Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABAB CACACA DEDDDD FGFGFG FAFAFA AHAHAH AAAAAA AFAFAF| Child of a line accurst | A |
| And old as Troy | B |
| Bringer of best and worst | A |
| In wild alloy | B |
| Light like a linnet first | A |
| He sang for joy | B |
| - | |
| Thrall to the gilded ease | C |
| Of every day | A |
| Mocker of all degrees | C |
| And always gay | A |
| Child of the Cyclades | C |
| And of Broadway | A |
| - | |
| Laughing and half divine | D |
| The boy began | E |
| Drunk with a woodland wine | D |
| Thessalian | D |
| But there was rue to twine | D |
| The pipes of Pan | D |
| - | |
| Therefore he skipped and flew | F |
| The more along | G |
| Vivid and always new | F |
| And always wrong | G |
| Knowing his only clew | F |
| A siren song | G |
| - | |
| Careless of each and all | F |
| He gave and spent | A |
| Feast or a funeral | F |
| He laughed and went | A |
| Laughing to be so small | F |
| In the event | A |
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| Told of his own deceit | A |
| By many a tongue | H |
| Flayed for his long defeat | A |
| By being young | H |
| Lured by the fateful sweet | A |
| Of songs unsung | H |
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| Knowing it in his heart | A |
| But knowing not | A |
| The secret of an art | A |
| That few forgot | A |
| He played the twinkling part | A |
| That was his lot | A |
| - | |
| And when the twinkle died | A |
| As twinkles do | F |
| He pushed himself aside | A |
| And out of view | F |
| Out with the wind and tide | A |
| Before we knew | F |
Edwin Arlington Robinson
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Perry Moon: i first read this in HIgh School in 1971. Something about the phrasing and words... i was inspired to write myself.
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