The Castle-builder Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GBGH| A gentle boy with soft and silken locks | A |
| A dreamy boy with brown and tender eyes | B |
| A castle builder with his wooden blocks | A |
| And towers that touch imaginary skies | B |
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| A fearless rider on his father's knee | C |
| An eager listener unto stories told | D |
| At the Round Table of the nursery | C |
| Of heroes and adventures manifold | D |
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| There will be other towers for thee to build | E |
| There will be other steeds for thee to ride | F |
| There will be other legends and all filled | E |
| With greater marvels and more glorified | F |
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| Build on and make thy castles high and fair | G |
| Rising and reaching upward to the skies | B |
| Listen to voices in the upper air | G |
| Nor lose thy simple faith in mysteries | H |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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