Fancies Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC BDB DED EFE GHG HIH IJJ JJJ JKC| The ceaseless whirr of crickets fills the ear | A |
| From underneath each hedge and bush and tree | B |
| Deep in the dew drenched grasses everywhere | C |
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| The simple sound dispels the fantasy | B |
| Of gloom and terror gathering round the mind | D |
| It seems a pleasant thing to breathe to be | B |
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| To hear the many voiced soft summer wind | D |
| Lisp through the dark thick leafage overhead | E |
| To see the rosy half moon soar behind | D |
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| The black slim branching elms Sad thoughts have fled | E |
| Trouble and doubt and now strange reveries | F |
| And odd caprices fill us in their stead | E |
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| From yonder broken disk the redness dies | G |
| Like gold fruit through the leaves the half sphere gleams | H |
| Then over the hoar tree tops climbs the skies | G |
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| Blanched ever more and more until it beams | H |
| Whiter than crystal Like a scroll unfurled | I |
| And shadowy as a landscape seen in dreams | H |
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| Reveals itself the sleeping quiet world | I |
| Painted in tender grays and whites subdued | J |
| The speckled stream with flakes of light impearled | J |
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| The wide soft meadow and the massive wood | J |
| Naught is too wild for our credulity | J |
| In this weird hour our finest dreams hold good | J |
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| Quaint elves and frolic flower sprites we see | J |
| And fairies weaving rings of gossamer | K |
| And angels floating through the filmy air | C |
Emma Lazarus
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