The Descent Of The Muses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACDECDD| Nine sisters beautiful in form and face | A |
| Came from their convent on the shining heights | B |
| Of Pierus the mountain of delights | B |
| To dwell among the people at its base | A |
| Then seemed the world to change All time and space | A |
| Splendor of cloudless days and starry nights | B |
| And men and manners and all sounds and sights | B |
| Had a new meaning a diviner grace | A |
| Proud were these sisters but were not too proud | C |
| To teach in schools of little country towns | D |
| Science and song and all the arts that please | E |
| So that while housewives span and farmers ploughed | C |
| Their comely daughters clad in homespun gowns | D |
| Learned the sweet songs of the Pierides | D |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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