The Talk Of The Echoes - A Fragment Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDD EE FGG HH II JJ KK LL| When 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 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 A lapse of crags that leant from the mountain's earthen | F |
| sheath | G |
| And a shock of ruin sent on the river underneath | G |
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| nd Echo A sound as of a building that groweth fair and good | H |
| And a piping of the thrushes from the hollow of the wood | H |
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| st Echo A wailing as of lambs that have wandered from the flock | I |
| And a bleating of their dams that was answered from the rock | I |
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| nd Echo A breathing as of cattle in the shadow where they dream | J |
| And a sound of children playing with the pebbles in the stream | J |
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| st Echo A driving as of clouds in the kingdom of the air | K |
| And a tumult as of crowds that mingle everywhere | K |
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| nd Echo A waving of the grass and a passing o'er the lakes | L |
| And a shred of tempest cloud in the glory when it breaks | L |
George Macdonald
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