A Fairy Tale Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCD EEFFGG HHBBII JJKKLL| All things grew upwards foul and fair | A |
| The great trees fought and beat the air | A |
| With monstrous wings that would have flown | B |
| But the old earth clung to her own | B |
| Holding them back from heavenly wars | C |
| Though every flower sprang at the stars | D |
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| But he broke free while all things ceased | E |
| Some hour increasing he increased | E |
| The town beneath him seemed a map | F |
| Above the church he cocked his cap | F |
| Above the cross his feather flew | G |
| Above the birds and still he grew | G |
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| The trees turned grass the clouds were riven | H |
| His feet were mountains lost in heaven | H |
| Through strange new skies he rose alone | B |
| The earth fell from him like a stone | B |
| And his own limbs beneath him far | I |
| Seemed tapering down to touch a star | I |
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| He reared his head shaggy and grim | J |
| Staring among the cherubim | J |
| The seven celestial floors he rent | K |
| One crystal dome still o'er him bent | K |
| Above his head more clear than hope | L |
| All heaven was a microscope | L |
G. K. Chesterton
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