Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. Interlude Iv. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDCBEFFGH IIJKKJLMMLLNN| And then the blue eyed Norseman told | A |
| A Saga of the days of old | A |
| 'There is ' said he 'a wondrous book | B |
| Of Legends in the old Norse tongue | C |
| Of the dead kings of Norroway | D |
| Legends that once were told or sung | C |
| In many a smoky fireside nook | B |
| Of Iceland in the ancient day | E |
| By wandering Saga man or Scald | F |
| Heimskringla is the volume called | F |
| And he who looks may find therein | G |
| The story that I now begin ' | H |
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| And in each pause the story made | I |
| Upon his violin he played | I |
| As an appropriate interlude | J |
| Fragments of old Norwegian tunes | K |
| That bound in one the separate runes | K |
| And held the mind in perfect mood | J |
| Entwining and encircling all | L |
| The strange and antiquated rhymes | M |
| with melodies of olden times | M |
| As over some half ruined wall | L |
| Disjointed and about to fall | L |
| Fresh woodbines climb and interlace | N |
| And keep the loosened stones in place | N |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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