The Spirit Of Poetry Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDCECFGHCIJCAKLMNC AODAAPQRAQASTAUC VWCCAAAXCYDAZXA2UAB2 ACA| There is a quiet spirit in these woods | A |
| That dwells where'er the gentle south wind blows | B |
| Where underneath the white thorn in the glade | C |
| The wild flowers bloom or kissing the soft air | D |
| The leaves above their sunny palms outspread | C |
| With what a tender and impassioned voice | E |
| It fills the nice and delicate ear of thought | C |
| When the fast ushering star of morning comes | F |
| O'er riding the gray hills with golden scarf | G |
| Or when the cowled and dusky sandaled Eve | H |
| In mourning weeds from out the western gate | C |
| Departs with silent pace That spirit moves | I |
| In the green valley where the silver brook | J |
| From its full laver pours the white cascade | C |
| And babbling low amid the tangled woods | A |
| Slips down through moss grown stones with endless laughter | K |
| And frequent on the everlasting hills | L |
| Its feet go forth when it doth wrap itself | M |
| In all the dark embroidery of the storm | N |
| And shouts the stern strong wind And here amid | C |
| The silent majesty of these deep woods | A |
| Its presence shall uplift thy thoughts from earth | O |
| As to the sunshine and the pure bright air | D |
| Their tops the green trees lift Hence gifted bards | A |
| Have ever loved the calm and quiet shades | A |
| For them there was an eloquent voice in all | P |
| The sylvan pomp of woods the golden sun | Q |
| The flowers the leaves the river on its way | R |
| Blue skies and silver clouds and gentle winds | A |
| The swelling upland where the sidelong sun | Q |
| Aslant the wooded slope at evening goes | A |
| Groves through whose broken roof the sky looks in | S |
| Mountain and shattered cliff and sunny vale | T |
| The distant lake fountains and mighty trees | A |
| In many a lazy syllable repeating | U |
| Their old poetic legends to the wind | C |
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| And this is the sweet spirit that doth fill | V |
| The world and in these wayward days of youth | W |
| My busy fancy oft embodies it | C |
| As a bright image of the light and beauty | C |
| That dwell in nature of the heavenly forms | A |
| We worship in our dreams and the soft hues | A |
| That stain the wild bird's wing and flush the clouds | A |
| When the sun sets Within her tender eye | X |
| The heaven of April with its changing light | C |
| And when it wears the blue of May is hung | Y |
| And on her lip the rich red rose Her hair | D |
| Is like the summer tresses of the trees | A |
| When twilight makes them brown and on her cheek | Z |
| Blushes the richness of an autumn sky | X |
| With ever shifting beauty Then her breath | A2 |
| It is so like the gentle air of Spring | U |
| As front the morning's dewy flowers it comes | A |
| Full of their fragrance that it is a joy | B2 |
| To have it round us and her silver voice | A |
| Is the rich music of a summer bird | C |
| Heard in the still night with its passionate cadence | A |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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