Matins Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABCCCB DDDEFFFE GGGHIIIJ KKKLKKKL MMNOKKKP QQQRSSSR ETUAVVVA WWWQXXXQ YYZQA2B2A2Q| Gray 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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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