Anticipation. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDDEFFE CCCGHIIG JJKKLMNN CCCCCCOPOP CCCQRRRQ SSSPTTTP| How beautiful the earth is still | A |
| To thee how full of happiness | B |
| How little fraught with real ill | A |
| Or unreal phantoms of distress | C |
| How spring can bring thee glory yet | D |
| And summer win thee to forget | D |
| December's sullen time | E |
| Why dost thou hold the treasure fast | F |
| Of youth's delight when youth is past | F |
| And thou art near thy prime | E |
| - | |
| When those who were thy own compeers | C |
| Equals in fortune and in years | C |
| Have seen their morning melt in tears | C |
| To clouded smileless day | G |
| Blest had they died untried and young | H |
| Before their hearts went wandering wrong | I |
| Poor slaves subdued by passions strong | I |
| A weak and helpless prey | G |
| - | |
| 'Because I hoped while they enjoyed | J |
| And by fulfilment hope destroyed | J |
| As children hope with trustful breast | K |
| I waited bliss and cherished rest | K |
| A thoughtful spirit taught me soon | L |
| That we must long till life be done | M |
| That every phase of earthly joy | N |
| Must always fade and always cloy | N |
| - | |
| 'This I foresaw and would not chase | C |
| The fleeting treacheries | C |
| But with firm foot and tranquil face | C |
| Held backward from that tempting race | C |
| Gazed o'er the sands the waves efface | C |
| To the enduring seas | C |
| There cast my anchor of desire | O |
| Deep in unknown eternity | P |
| Nor ever let my spirit tire | O |
| With looking for WHAT IS TO BE | P |
| - | |
| It is hope's spell that glorifies | C |
| Like youth to my maturer eyes | C |
| All Nature's million mysteries | C |
| The fearful and the fair | Q |
| Hope soothes me in the griefs I know | R |
| She lulls my pain for others' woe | R |
| And makes me strong to undergo | R |
| What I am born to bear | Q |
| - | |
| Glad comforter will I not brave | S |
| Unawed the darkness of the grave | S |
| Nay smile to hear Death's billows rave | S |
| Sustained my guide by thee | P |
| The more unjust seems present fate | T |
| The more my spirit swells elate | T |
| Strong in thy strength to anticipate | T |
| Rewarding destiny | P |
Emily Bronte
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about Anticipation. poem by Emily Bronte
Best Poems of Emily Bronte