From The Headland Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKGLMNOPQRS TUVWXCYZMA2B2C2D2E2F 2G2QH2Z| I hear the waters of some inlet now | A |
| Come lapping to the fringe of yonder wood | B |
| The storm bent firs and oaks along the cliff | C |
| The yellow leaves are glistening in the grass | D |
| The grassy slope I climb this autumn day | E |
| Ensnaring me the brambles clutch my feet | F |
| As if constraining me to be a guest | G |
| To the wild silent populace they shield | H |
| It cannot say nor I why we are here | I |
| What is my recompense upon this soil | J |
| For other paths are mine if I go hence | K |
| Still must I make the mystery my quest | G |
| For here or there I think one sways my will | L |
| There is no show of beauty to delight | M |
| The vision here or strike the electric chord | N |
| Which makes the present and the past as one | O |
| No thickets where the thrushes sing in maze | P |
| Of green no silver threaded waterfalls | Q |
| In vales where summer sleeps in darkling woods | R |
| With sunlit glades and pools where lilies blow | S |
| Here but the wiry grass and sorrel beds | T |
| The gaping edges of the sand ravines | U |
| Whose shifting sides are tufted with dull herbs | V |
| Drooping above a brook that sluggish creeps | W |
| Down to the whispering rushes in the marsh | X |
| And this is all until I reach the cliff | C |
| And on the headland's verge I stand enthralled | Y |
| Before the gulf of the unquenchable sea | Z |
| The sea inexorable in its might | M |
| Circling the pebbly beach with limpid tides | A2 |
| Storming in bays whose margins fade in mist | B2 |
| Now blue and silent as a noonday sky | C2 |
| At twilight now the pearly rollers shake | D2 |
| The sunset's trail of violet and gold | E2 |
| Or black when rushing on the rocky isles | F2 |
| Anchored in waves that bellow to the winds | G2 |
| I watch till comes the night the moonlight falls | Q |
| The silvery deep on some far journey goes | H2 |
| To solve for me I think this mystery | Z |
Elizabeth Stoddard
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