Matins Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABCCCB DDDEFFFE GGGHIIIJ KKKLKKKL MMNOKKKP QQQRSSSR ETUAVVVA WWWQXXXQ YYZQA2B2A2QGray earth gray mist gray sky | A |
Through vapors hurrying by | A |
Larger than wont on high | A |
Floats the horned yellow moon | B |
Chill airs are faintly stirred | C |
And far away is heard | C |
Of some fresh awakened bird | C |
The querulous shrill tune | B |
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The dark mist hides the face | D |
Of the dim land no trace | D |
Of rock or river's place | D |
In the thick air is drawn | E |
But dripping grass smells sweet | F |
And rustling branches meet | F |
And sounding water greet | F |
The slow sure sacred dawn | E |
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Past is the long black night | G |
With its keen lightnings white | G |
Thunder and floods new light | G |
The glimmering low east streaks | H |
The dense clouds part between | I |
Their jagged rents are seen | I |
Pale reaches blue and green | I |
As the mirk curtain breaks | J |
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Above the shadowy world | K |
Still more and more unfurled | K |
The gathered mists upcurled | K |
Like phantoms melt and pass | L |
In clear obscure revealed | K |
Brown wood gray stream dark field | K |
Fresh healthy odors yield | K |
Wet furrows flowers and grass | L |
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The sudden splendid gleam | M |
Of one thin golden beam | M |
Shoots from the feathered rim | N |
Of yon hill crowned with woods | O |
Down its embowered side | K |
As living waters slide | K |
So the great morning tide | K |
Follows in sunny floods | P |
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From bush and hedge and tree | Q |
Joy unrestrained and free | Q |
Breaks forth in melody | Q |
Twitter and chirp and song | R |
Alive the festal air | S |
With gauze winged creatures fair | S |
That flicker everywhere | S |
Dart poise and flash along | R |
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The shining mists are gone | E |
Slight films of gold swift blown | T |
Before the strong bright sun | U |
Or the deep colored sky | A |
A world of life and glow | V |
Sparkles and basks below | V |
Where the soft meads a row | V |
Hoary with dew fall lie | A |
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Does not the morn break thus | W |
Swift bright victorious | W |
With new skies cleared for us | W |
Over the soul storm tost | Q |
Her night was long and deep | X |
Strange visions vexed her sleep | X |
Strange sorrows bade her weep | X |
Her faith in dawn was lost | Q |
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No halt no rest for her | Y |
The immortal wanderer | Y |
From sphere to higher sphere | Z |
Toward the pure source of day | Q |
The new light shames her fears | A2 |
Her faithlessness her tears | B2 |
As the new sun appears | A2 |
To light her godlike way | Q |
Emma Lazarus
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