The Lake Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB BDED FGHG IJKJ KLML BBNB OPQP LRSR BQTQ UPVP| A limpid lake a diamond gem | A |
| The moonbeams kissed with light | B |
| And all the stars that heaven knew | C |
| Were mirrored in the night | B |
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| How fair the world how fair the night | B |
| When lake and river run | D |
| Like jeweled streams of fairy land | E |
| Beneath a silver sun | D |
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| The lake grew proud and claimed each star | F |
| That lay upon her breast | G |
| Ah they are mine she said these gems | H |
| That in my bosom rest | G |
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| And yonder moon that sails on high | I |
| Doth shine for me alone | J |
| Beneath the foam that crests my waves | K |
| Is built her silver throne | J |
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| A star king knelt and kissed the waves | K |
| That swept the shadowed shore | L |
| Our moon is queen of heaven he said | M |
| Is queen forevermore | L |
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| A thousand lakes are hers by night | B |
| A thousand lakes of light | B |
| A thousand rivers kiss her feet | N |
| A thousand rivers bright | B |
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| Then be not vain thou lakelet small | O |
| The moon is not for thee | P |
| Her home is in the river wide | Q |
| Her throne is in the sea | P |
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| The bright waves swept the silent shore | L |
| The star king crept away | R |
| Yet calm and fair still unconvinced | S |
| The lake in silence lay | R |
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| The moon that swept her silvery light | B |
| Far o'er the waters wide | Q |
| Belonged to her and all the stars | T |
| That floated side by side | Q |
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| Ah silver lake too well we know | U |
| How like we are to thee | P |
| A thousand truths are in the world | V |
| That we may never see | P |
Fannie Isabelle Sherrick
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