Songs Of The Summer Days Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGHG IJIJ A KLKL AMAM NONO PQPQ A RSRS TUTU SVSV SWSW R XTXT YZYZ A2TA2T B2C2B2C2

IA
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A glory on the chamber wallB
A glory in the brainC
Triumphant floods of glory fallB
On heath and wold and plainC
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Earth lieth still in hopeless blissD
She has and seeks no moreE
Forgets that days come after thisD
Forgets the days beforeE
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Each ripple waves a flickering fireF
Of gladness as it runsG
They laugh and flash and leap and spireH
And toss ten thousand sunsG
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But hark low in the world withinI
One sad aeolian toneJ
Ah shall we ever ever winI
A summer of our ownJ
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IIA
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A morn of winds and swaying treesK
Earth's jubilance rushing outL
The birds are fighting with the breezeK
The waters heave aboutL
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White clouds are swept across the skyA
Their shadows o'er the gravesM
Purpling the green they float and flyA
Athwart the sunny wavesM
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The long grass an earth rooted seaN
Mimics the watery strifeO
To boat or horse Wild motion weN
Shall find harmonious lifeO
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But whither Roll and sweep and bendP
Suffice for Nature's partQ
But motion to an endless endP
Is needful for our heartQ
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IIIA
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The morn awakes like brooding doveR
With outspread wings of grayS
Her feathery clouds close in aboveR
And roof a sober dayS
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No motion in the deeps of airT
No trembling in the leavesU
A still contentment everywhereT
That neither laughs nor grievesU
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A film of sheeted silver grayS
Shuts in the ocean's hueV
White winged feluccas cleave their wayS
In paths of gorgeous blueV
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Dream on dream on O dreamy dayS
Thy very clouds are dreamsW
Yon child is dreaming far awayS
He is not where he seemsW
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IVR
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The lark is up his faith is strongX
He mounts the morning airT
Lone voice of all the creature throngX
He sings the morning prayerT
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Slow clouds from north and south appearY
Black based with shining slopeZ
In sullen forms their might they rearY
And climb the vaulted copeZ
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A lightning flash a thunder boomA2
Nor sun nor clouds are thereT
A single all pervading gloomA2
Hangs in the heavy airT
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A weeping wasting afternoonB2
Weighs down the aspiring cornC2
Amber and red the sunset soonB2
Leads back to golden mornC2

George Macdonald



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