The Spirit Of Poetry Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDCECFGHCIJCAKLMNC AODAAPQRAQASTAUC VWCCAAAXCYDAZXA2UAB2 ACA

There is a quiet spirit in these woodsA
That dwells where'er the gentle south wind blowsB
Where underneath the white thorn in the gladeC
The wild flowers bloom or kissing the soft airD
The leaves above their sunny palms outspreadC
With what a tender and impassioned voiceE
It fills the nice and delicate ear of thoughtC
When the fast ushering star of morning comesF
O'er riding the gray hills with golden scarfG
Or when the cowled and dusky sandaled EveH
In mourning weeds from out the western gateC
Departs with silent pace That spirit movesI
In the green valley where the silver brookJ
From its full laver pours the white cascadeC
And babbling low amid the tangled woodsA
Slips down through moss grown stones with endless laughterK
And frequent on the everlasting hillsL
Its feet go forth when it doth wrap itselfM
In all the dark embroidery of the stormN
And shouts the stern strong wind And here amidC
The silent majesty of these deep woodsA
Its presence shall uplift thy thoughts from earthO
As to the sunshine and the pure bright airD
Their tops the green trees lift Hence gifted bardsA
Have ever loved the calm and quiet shadesA
For them there was an eloquent voice in allP
The sylvan pomp of woods the golden sunQ
The flowers the leaves the river on its wayR
Blue skies and silver clouds and gentle windsA
The swelling upland where the sidelong sunQ
Aslant the wooded slope at evening goesA
Groves through whose broken roof the sky looks inS
Mountain and shattered cliff and sunny valeT
The distant lake fountains and mighty treesA
In many a lazy syllable repeatingU
Their old poetic legends to the windC
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And this is the sweet spirit that doth fillV
The world and in these wayward days of youthW
My busy fancy oft embodies itC
As a bright image of the light and beautyC
That dwell in nature of the heavenly formsA
We worship in our dreams and the soft huesA
That stain the wild bird's wing and flush the cloudsA
When the sun sets Within her tender eyeX
The heaven of April with its changing lightC
And when it wears the blue of May is hungY
And on her lip the rich red rose Her hairD
Is like the summer tresses of the treesA
When twilight makes them brown and on her cheekZ
Blushes the richness of an autumn skyX
With ever shifting beauty Then her breathA2
It is so like the gentle air of SpringU
As front the morning's dewy flowers it comesA
Full of their fragrance that it is a joyB2
To have it round us and her silver voiceA
Is the rich music of a summer birdC
Heard in the still night with its passionate cadenceA

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow



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