The Hermit Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF DHDH IJIJ DDDD| Now the quietude of earth | A |
| Nestles deep my heart within | B |
| Friendships new and strange have birth | A |
| Since I left the city's din | B |
| - | |
| Here the tempest stays its guile | C |
| Like a big kind brother plays | D |
| Romps and pauses here awhile | C |
| From its immemorial ways | D |
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| Now the silver light of dawn | E |
| Slipping through the leaves that fleck | F |
| My one window hurries on | G |
| Throws its arms around my neck | F |
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| Darkness to my doorway hies | D |
| Lays her chin upon the roof | H |
| And her burning seraph eyes | D |
| Now no longer keep aloof | H |
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| Here the ancient mystery | I |
| Holds its hands out day by day | J |
| Takes a chair and croons with me | I |
| By my cabin built of clay | J |
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| When the dusky shadow flits | D |
| By the chimney nook I see | D |
| Where the old enchanter sits | D |
| Smiles and waves and beckons me | D |
George William Russell
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