Under Canvas - In Muskoka Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFG HIHI JGJG GKGK CIEI| Lichens of green and grey on every side | A |
| And green and grey the rocks beneath our feet | B |
| Above our heads the canvas stretching wide | A |
| And over all enchantment rare and sweet | B |
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| Fair Rosseau slumbers in an atmosphere | C |
| That kisses her to passionless soft dreams | D |
| O joy of living we have found thee here | E |
| And life lacks nothing so complete it seems | D |
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| The velvet air stirred by some elfin wings | F |
| Comes swinging up the waters and then stills | G |
| Its voice so low that floating by it sings | F |
| Like distant harps among the distant hills | G |
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| Across the lake the rugged islands lie | H |
| Fir crowned and grim and further in the view | I |
| Some shadows seeming swung 'twixt cloud and sky | H |
| Are countless shores a symphony of blue | I |
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| Some northern sorceress when day is done | J |
| Hovers where cliffs uplift their gaunt grey steeps | G |
| Bewitching to vermilion Rosseau's sun | J |
| That in a liquid mass of rubies sleeps | G |
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| The scent of burning leaves the camp fire's blaze | G |
| The great logs cracking in the brilliant flame | K |
| The groups grotesque on which the firelight plays | G |
| Are pictures which Muskoka twilights frame | K |
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| And Night star crested wanders up the mere | C |
| With opiates for idleness to quaff | I |
| And while she ministers far off I hear | E |
| The owl's uncanny cry the wild loon's laugh | I |
Emily Pauline Johnson
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