Storm-bound Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABCCD EFGHHG IIJKKJ LLMNNM OOPQQR SSOKKK TTUKKU VVWTTW BBTTTT

My careful plans all storm subduedA
In disappointing solitudeA
The weary hours beganB
And scarce I deemed when time had spedC
Marked only by the passing treadC
Of some pedestrianD
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But with the morrow's tranquil dawnE
A fairy scene I looked uponF
That filled me with delightG
Far reaching from my own abodeH
The world in matchless splendor glowedH
Arrayed in spotless whiteG
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The surface of the hillside slopeI
Gleamed in my farthest vision's scopeI
Like opalescent stoneJ
Rich jewels hung on every treeK
Whose crystalline transparencyK
Golconda's gems outshoneJ
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Beyond the line where wayside postsL
Stood up like fear inspiring ghostsL
Of awful form and mienM
A mansion tall my neighbor's prideN
A seeming castle fortifiedN
Uprose in wondrous sheenM
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The evergreens loomed up beforeO
My staunch and storm defying doorO
Like snowy palacesP
That one dare only penetrateQ
With reverence as at Heaven's gateQ
Awed by its mysteriesR
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The apple trees' extended armsS
Upheld a thousand varied charmsS
The curious traceryO
Of trellised grapevine seemed to meK
A rare network of filigreeK
In silver draperyK
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And I no longer thought it hardT
From favorite pursuits debarredT
Nor gazed with rueful faceU
For every object seemed to beK
Invested with the witcheryK
Of magic art and graceU
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And though a multitude of caresV
Perplexing profitless affairsV
Absorbed the hours it seemsW
That on the golden steps of thoughtT
I mounted heavenward and wroughtT
Out many hopeful schemesW
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Thus every day though it may spanB
The gulf wherein some cherished planB
Lies disarranged and crossedT
If ere its close we shall have trodT
The path that leads us nearer GodT
Cannot be counted lostT

Hattie Howard



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