Breton Afternoon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDBD EFGFG HIJHK FLFL| Here where the breath of the scented gorse floats through the | A |
| sun stained air | B |
| On a steep hill side on a grassy ledge I have lain hours long | C |
| and heard | D |
| Only the faint breeze pass in a whisper like a prayer | B |
| And the river ripple by and the distant call of a bird | D |
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| On the lone hill side in the gold sunshine I will hush me and | E |
| repose | F |
| And the world fades into a dream and a spell is cast on me | G |
| And what was all the strife about for the myrtle or the rose | F |
| And why have I wept for a white girl's paleness passing ivory | G |
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| Out of the tumult of angry tongues in a land alone apart | H |
| In a perfumed dream land set betwixt the bounds of life and death | I |
| Here will I lie while the clouds fly by and delve an hole where my | J |
| heart | H |
| May sleep deep down with the gorse above and red red earth beneath | K |
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| Sleep and be quiet for an afternoon till the rose white angelus | F |
| Softly steals my way from the village under the hill | L |
| Mother of God O Misericord look down in pity on us | F |
| The weak and blind who stand in our light and wreak ourselves such ill | L |
Ernest Christopher Dowson
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