Fata Morgana Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFG HIHI AJAJ KLKL| O sweet illusions of song | A |
| That tempt me everywhere | B |
| In the lonely fields and the throng | A |
| Of the crowded thoroughfare | B |
| - | |
| I approach and ye vanish away | C |
| I grasp you and ye are gone | D |
| But ever by night and by day | C |
| The melody soundeth on | E |
| - | |
| As the weary traveller sees | F |
| In desert or prairie vast | G |
| Blue lakes overhung with trees | F |
| That a pleasant shadow cast | G |
| - | |
| Fair towns with turrets high | H |
| And shining roofs of gold | I |
| That vanish as he draws nigh | H |
| Like mists together rolled | I |
| - | |
| So I wander and wander along | A |
| And forever before me gleams | J |
| The shining city of song | A |
| In the beautiful land of dreams | J |
| - | |
| But when I would enter the gate | K |
| Of that golden atmosphere | L |
| It is gone and I wonder and wait | K |
| For the vision to reappear | L |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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