A Rune Of The Rain Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BBCDD EFGGHHIIFJKLLKKMNMOP KKKKKKB CGCBGBKBKMMBBGG QQBRNBRBRB CC A BBBBNNSTTCCUUS A BBBVVNNBWWBXGXGTYYB Z YYA2A2YYKKCYCYB2A2A2 B2A2C2C2A2BB

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O many toned rainB
O myriad sweet voices of the rainB
How welcome is its delicate overtureC
At evening when the glowing moistur'd westD
Seals all things with cool promise of night's restD
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At first it would allureE
The earth to kinder moodF
With dainty flatteringG
Of soft sweet patteringG
Faintly now you hear the trampH
Of the fine drops falling dampH
On the dry sun seasoned groundI
And the thirsty leaves aroundI
But anon imbuedF
With a sudden bounding accessJ
Of passion it relaxesK
All timider persuasionL
And with nor pretext nor occasionL
Its wooing redoublesK
And pounds the ground and bubblesK
In sputtering sprayM
Flinging itself in a furyN
Of flashing white awayM
Till the dusty roadO
Flings a perfume dank abroadP
And the grass and the wide hung treesK
The vines the flowers in their bedsK
The vivid corn that to the breezeK
Rustles along the garden rowsK
Visibly lift their headsK
And as the shower wilder growsK
Upleap with answering kisses to the rainB
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Then the slow and pleasant murmurC
Of its subsidingG
As the pulse of the storm beats firmerC
And the steady rainB
Drops into a cadenced chidingG
Deep breathing rainB
The sad and ghostly noiseK
Wherewith thou dost complainB
Thy plaintive spiritual voiceK
Heard thus at close of dayM
Through vaults of twilight grayM
Doth vex me with sweet painB
And still my soul is fainB
To know the secret of that yearningG
Which in thine utterance I hear returningG
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Hush oh hushQ
Break not the dreamy rushQ
Of the rainB
Touch not the marring doubtR
Words bring to the certaintyN
Of its soft refrainB
But let the flying fringes floutR
Their gouts against the paneB
And the gurgling throat of the water spoutR
Groan in the eaves amainB
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The earth is wedded to the showerC
Darkness and awe gird round the bridal hourC
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O many toned rainB
It hath caught the strainB
Of a wilder tuneB
Ere the same night's noonB
When dreams and sleep forsake meN
And sudden dread doth wake meN
To hear the booming drums of heaven beatS
The long roll to battle when the knotted cloudT
With an echoing loudT
Bursts asunderC
At the sudden resurrection of the thunderC
And the fountains of the airU
Unsealed again sweep ruining everywhereU
To wrap the world in a watery winding sheetS
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O myriad sweet voices of the rainB
When the airy war doth waneB
And the storm to the east hath flownB
Cloaked close in the whirling windV
There's a voice still left behindV
In each heavy hearted treeN
Charged with tearful memoryN
Of the vanished rainB
From their leafy lashes wetW
Drip the dews of fresh regretW
For the lover that's goneB
All else is stillX
But the stars are listeningG
And low o'er the wooded hillX
Hangs upon listless wingG
Outspread a shape of damp blue cloudT
Watching like a bird of evilY
That knows no mercy nor reprievalY
The slow and silent death of the pallid moonB
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But soon returning dulyY
Dawn whitens the wet hill tops bluelyY
To her vision pure and coldA2
The night's wild tale is toldA2
On the glistening leaf in the mid road poolY
The garden mold turned dark and coolY
And the meadow's trampled acresK
But hark how fresh the song of the winged music makersK
For now the moanings bitterC
Left by the rain make harmonyY
With the swallow's matin twitterC
And the robin's note like the wind's in a treeY
The infant morning breathes sweet breathB2
And with it is blentA2
The wistful wild moist scentA2
Of the grass in the marsh which the sea nourishethB2
And beholdA2
The last reluctant drop of the stormC2
Wrung from the roof is smitten warmC2
And turned to goldA2
For in its veins doth runB
The very blood of the bold unsullied sunB

George Parsons Lathrop



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