The Song Of Elf Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHBH GIBI BHAH AJKJ HLBBBL MNBBB| Blue eyed was Elf the minstrel | A |
| With womanish hair and ring | B |
| Yet heavy was his hand on sword | C |
| Though light upon the string | B |
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| And as he stirred the strings of the harp | D |
| To notes but four or five | E |
| The heart of each man moved in him | F |
| Like a babe buried alive | E |
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| And they felt the land of the folk songs | G |
| Spread southward of the Dane | H |
| And they heard the good Rhine flowing | B |
| In the heart of all Allemagne | H |
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| They felt the land of the folk songs | G |
| Where the gifts hang on the tree | I |
| Where the girls give ale at morning | B |
| And the tears come easily | I |
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| The mighty people womanlike | B |
| That have pleasure in their pain | H |
| As he sang of Balder beautiful | A |
| Whom the heavens loved in vain | H |
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| As he sang of Balder beautiful | A |
| Whom the heavens could not save | J |
| Till the world was like a sea of tears | K |
| And every soul a wave | J |
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| 'There is always a thing forgotten | H |
| When all the world goes well | L |
| A thing forgotten as long ago | B |
| When the gods forgot the mistletoe | B |
| And soundless as an arrow of snow | B |
| The arrow of anguish fell | L |
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| 'The thing on the blind side of the heart | M |
| On the wrong side of the door | N |
| The green plant groweth menacing | B |
| Almighty lovers in the spring | B |
| There is always a forgotten thing | B |
| And love is not secure ' | - |
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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