The Curlew Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEFFE GHIHEEJEJJE KLMLNEOEPOE QNRNSETETTE ABCBDEFEFFEThe viewless blast flies moaning past | A |
Away to the forest trees | B |
Where giant pines and leafless vines | C |
Bend 'neath the wandering breeze | B |
From ferny streams unearthly screams | D |
Are heard in the midnight blue | E |
As afar they roam to the shepherd's home | F |
The shrieks of the wild Curlew | E |
As afar they roam | F |
To the shepherd's home | F |
The shrieks of the wild Curlew | E |
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The mists are curled o'er a dark faced world | G |
And the shadows sleep around | H |
Where the clear lagoon reflects the moon | I |
In her hazy glory crowned | H |
While dingoes howl and wake the growl | E |
Of the watchdog brave and true | E |
Whose loud rough bark shoots up in the dark | J |
With the song of the lone Curlew | E |
Whose loud rough bark | J |
Shoots up in the dark | J |
With the song of the lone Curlew | E |
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Near herby banks the dark green ranks | K |
Of the rushes stoop to drink | L |
And the ripples chime in a measured time | M |
On the smooth and mossy brink | L |
As wind breaths sigh and pass and die | N |
To start from the swamps anew | E |
And join again o'er ridge and plain | O |
With the wails of the sad Curlew | E |
And join again | P |
O'er ridge and plain | O |
With the wails of the sad Curlew | E |
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The clouds are thrown around the cone | Q |
Of the mountain bare and high | N |
Whose craggy peak uprears to the cheek | R |
To the face of the sombre sky | N |
When down beneath the foggy wreath | S |
Full many a gully through | E |
They rend the air like cries of despair | T |
The screams of the wild Curlew | E |
They rend the air | T |
Like cries of despair | T |
The screams of the wild Curlew | E |
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The viewless blast flies moaning past | A |
Away to the forest trees | B |
Where giant pines and leafless vines | C |
Bend 'neath the wandering breeze | B |
From ferny streams unearthly screams | D |
Are heard in the midnight blue | E |
As afar they roam to the shepherd's home | F |
The shrieks of the wild Curlew | E |
As afar they roam | F |
To the shepherd's home | F |
The shrieks of the wild Curlew | E |
Henry Kendall
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