Alter Ego Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIK LMLMAll the morn a spirit gay | A |
Breathes within my heart a rhyme | B |
'Tis but hide and seek we play | A |
In and out the courts of Time | B |
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Fairy lover when my feet | C |
Through the tangled woodland go | D |
'Tis thy sunny fingers fleet | C |
Fleck the fire dews to and fro | D |
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In the moonlight grows a smile | E |
Mid its rays of dusty pearl | F |
'Tis but hide and seek the while | E |
As some frolic boy and girl | F |
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When I fade into the deep | G |
Some mysterious radiance showers | H |
From the jewel heart of sleep | G |
Through the veil of darkened hours | H |
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Where the ring of twilight gleams | I |
Round the sanctuary wrought | J |
Whispers haunt me in my dreams | I |
We are one yet know it not | K |
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Some for beauty follow long | L |
Flying traces some there be | M |
Seek thee only for a song | L |
I to lose myself in thee | M |
George William Russell
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