Chanson Sans Paroles Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAB CDDCD EFFEF GHHGH DIIDI AIIAI| In the deep violet air | A |
| Not a leaf is stirred | B |
| There is no sound heard | B |
| But afar the rare | A |
| Trilled voice of a bird | B |
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| Is the wood's dim heart | C |
| And the fragrant pine | D |
| Incense and a shrine | D |
| Of her coming Apart | C |
| I wait for a sign | D |
| - | |
| What the sudden hush said | E |
| She will hear and forsake | F |
| Swift for my sake | F |
| Her green grassy bed | E |
| She will hear and awake | F |
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| She will hearken and glide | G |
| From her place of deep rest | H |
| Dove eyed with the breast | H |
| Of a dove to my side | G |
| The pines bow their crest | H |
| - | |
| I wait for a sign | D |
| The leaves to be waved | I |
| The tall tree tops laved | I |
| In a flood of sunshine | D |
| This world to be saved | I |
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| In the deep violet air | A |
| Not a leaf is stirred | I |
| There is no sound heard | I |
| But afar the rare | A |
| Trilled voice of a bird | I |
Ernest Dowson
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