Thistle-down Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC BB DD EE FF GG HH| Beyond a ridge of pine with russet tips | A |
| The west lifts to the sun her longing lips | A |
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| Her blushes stain with gold and garnet dye | B |
| The shore the river and the wide far sky | B |
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| Like floods of wine the waters filter through | C |
| The reeds that brush our indolent canoe | C |
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| I beach the bow where sands in shadows lie | B |
| You hold my hand a space then speak good bye | B |
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| Upwinds your pathway through the yellow plumes | D |
| Of goldenrod profuse in August blooms | D |
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| And o'er its tossing sprays you toss a kiss | E |
| A moment more and I see only this | E |
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| The idle paddle you so lately held | F |
| The empty bow your pliant wrist propelled | F |
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| Some thistles purpling into violet | G |
| Their blossoms with a thousand thorns afret | G |
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| And like a cobweb shadowy and grey | H |
| Far floats their down far drifts my dream away | H |
Emily Pauline Johnson
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