The Talk Of The Echoes: A Fragment Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDD CEE CFF CGG CHH CII CJJ CKKWhen the cock crows loud from the glen | A |
And the moor cock chirrs from the heather | B |
What hear ye and see ye then | A |
Ye children of air and ether | B |
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st Echo | C |
A thunder as of waves at the rising of the moon | D |
And a darkness on the graves though the day is at its noon | D |
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nd Echo | C |
A springing as of grass though the air is damp and chill | E |
And a glimmer from the river that winds about the hill | E |
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st Echo | C |
A lapse of crags that leant from the mountain's earthen sheath | F |
And a shock of ruin sent on the river underneath | F |
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nd Echo | C |
A sound as of a building that groweth fair and good | G |
And a piping of the thrushes from the hollow of the wood | G |
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st Echo | C |
A wailing as of lambs that have wandered from the flock | H |
And a bleating of their dams that was answered from the rock | H |
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nd Echo | C |
A breathing as of cattle in the shadow where they dream | I |
And a sound of children playing with the pebbles in the stream | I |
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st Echo | C |
A driving as of clouds in the kingdom of the air | J |
And a tumult as of crowds that mingle everywhere | J |
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nd Echo | C |
A waving of the grass and a passing o'er the lakes | K |
And a shred of tempest cloud in the glory when it breaks | K |
George Macdonald
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