The Curlew Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEFFE GHIHEEJEJJE KLMLNEOEPOE QNRNSETETTE ABCBDEFEFFE

The viewless blast flies moaning pastA
Away to the forest treesB
Where giant pines and leafless vinesC
Bend 'neath the wandering breezeB
From ferny streams unearthly screamsD
Are heard in the midnight blueE
As afar they roam to the shepherd's homeF
The shrieks of the wild CurlewE
As afar they roamF
To the shepherd's homeF
The shrieks of the wild CurlewE
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The mists are curled o'er a dark faced worldG
And the shadows sleep aroundH
Where the clear lagoon reflects the moonI
In her hazy glory crownedH
While dingoes howl and wake the growlE
Of the watchdog brave and trueE
Whose loud rough bark shoots up in the darkJ
With the song of the lone CurlewE
Whose loud rough barkJ
Shoots up in the darkJ
With the song of the lone CurlewE
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Near herby banks the dark green ranksK
Of the rushes stoop to drinkL
And the ripples chime in a measured timeM
On the smooth and mossy brinkL
As wind breaths sigh and pass and dieN
To start from the swamps anewE
And join again o'er ridge and plainO
With the wails of the sad CurlewE
And join againP
O'er ridge and plainO
With the wails of the sad CurlewE
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The clouds are thrown around the coneQ
Of the mountain bare and highN
Whose craggy peak uprears to the cheekR
To the face of the sombre skyN
When down beneath the foggy wreathS
Full many a gully throughE
They rend the air like cries of despairT
The screams of the wild CurlewE
They rend the airT
Like cries of despairT
The screams of the wild CurlewE
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The viewless blast flies moaning pastA
Away to the forest treesB
Where giant pines and leafless vinesC
Bend 'neath the wandering breezeB
From ferny streams unearthly screamsD
Are heard in the midnight blueE
As afar they roam to the shepherd's homeF
The shrieks of the wild CurlewE
As afar they roamF
To the shepherd's homeF
The shrieks of the wild CurlewE

Henry Kendall



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