Orara Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHIH JKJK LMLM NOPQ RSRS TUTU VWVW XGXG OYOY HTHT VXVX ZA2ZA2 B2AB2A TYTY UXUXTHE STRONG sob of the chafing stream | A |
That seaward fights its way | B |
Down crags of glitter dells of gleam | A |
Is in the hills to day | B |
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But far and faint a grey winged form | C |
Hangs where the wild lights wane | D |
The phantom of a bygone storm | C |
A ghost of wind and rain | D |
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The soft white feet of afternoon | E |
Are on the shining meads | F |
The breeze is as a pleasant tune | E |
Amongst the happy reeds | F |
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The fierce disastrous flying fire | G |
That made the great caves ring | H |
And scarred the slope and broke the spire | I |
Is a forgotten thing | H |
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The air is full of mellow sounds | J |
The wet hill heads are bright | K |
And down the fall of fragrant grounds | J |
The deep ways flame with light | K |
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A rose red space of stream I see | L |
Past banks of tender fern | M |
A radiant brook unknown to me | L |
Beyond its upper turn | M |
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The singing silver life I hear | N |
Whose home is in the green | O |
Far folded woods of fountains clear | P |
Where I have never been | Q |
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Ah brook above the upper bend | R |
I often long to stand | S |
Where you in soft cool shades descend | R |
From the untrodden land | S |
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Ah folded woods that hide the grace | T |
Of moss and torrents strong | U |
I often wish to know the face | T |
Of that which sings your song | U |
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But I may linger long and look | V |
Till night is over all | W |
My eyes will never see the brook | V |
Or sweet strange waterfall | W |
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The world is round me with its heat | X |
And toil and cares that tire | G |
I cannot with my feeble feet | X |
Climb after my desire | G |
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But on the lap of lands unseen | O |
Within a secret zone | Y |
There shine diviner gold and green | O |
Than man has ever known | Y |
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And where the silver waters sing | H |
Down hushed and holy dells | T |
The flower of a celestial Spring | H |
A tenfold splendour dwells | T |
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Yea in my dream of fall and brook | V |
By far sweet forests furled | X |
I see that light for which I look | V |
In vain through all the world | X |
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The glory of a larger sky | Z |
On slopes of hills sublime | A2 |
That speak with God and morning high | Z |
Above the ways of Time | A2 |
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Ah haply in this sphere of change | B2 |
Where shadows spoil the beam | A |
It would not do to climb that range | B2 |
And test my radiant Dream | A |
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The slightest glimpse of yonder place | T |
Untrodden and alone | Y |
Might wholly kill that nameless grace | T |
The charm of the unknown | Y |
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And therefore though I look and long | U |
Perhaps the lot is bright | X |
Which keeps the river of the song | U |
A beauty out of sight | X |
Henry Kendall
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