The Lily Bed Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH II JJ KK LL MM NN OO PP QQ RR SS TT AA UU VV WW XX CC YY AAHis cedar paddle scented red | A |
He thrust down through the lily bed | A |
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Cloaked in a golden pause he lay | B |
Locked in the arms of the placid bay | B |
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Trembled alone his bark canoe | C |
As shocks of bursting lilies flew | C |
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Thro' the still crystal of the tide | D |
And smote the frail boat's birchen side | D |
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Or when beside the sedges thin | E |
Rose the sharp silver of a fin | E |
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Or when a wizard swift and cold | F |
A dragon fly beat on in gold | F |
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And jewels all the widening rings | G |
Of waters singing to his wings | G |
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Or like a winged and burning soul | H |
Dropped from the gloom an oriole | H |
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On the cool wave as to the balm | I |
Of the Great Spirit's open palm | I |
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The freed soul flies And silence clung | J |
To the still hours as tendrilts hung | J |
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In darkness carven from the trees | K |
Sedge buried to their burly knees | K |
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Stillness sat in his lodge of leaves | L |
Clung golden shadows to its eaves | L |
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And on its cone speced floor like maize | M |
Red ripe fell sheaves of knotted rays | M |
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The wood a proud and crested brave | N |
Bead bright a maiden stood the wave | N |
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And he had spoke his soul of love | O |
With voice of eagle and of dove | O |
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Of loud strong pines his tongue was made | P |
His lips soft blossoms in the shade | P |
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That kissed her silver lips hers cool | Q |
As lilies on his inmost pool | Q |
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Till now he stood in triumph's rest | R |
His image painted in her breast | R |
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One isle 'tween blue and blue did melt | S |
A bead of wampum from the belt | S |
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Of Manitou a purple rise | T |
On the far shore heaved to the skies | T |
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His cedar paddle scented red | A |
He drew up from the lily bed | A |
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All lily locked all lily locked | U |
His light bark in the blossoms rocked | U |
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Their cool lips round the sharp prow sang | V |
Their soft clasp to the frail sides sprang | V |
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With breast and lip they wove a bar | W |
Stole from her lodge the Evening Star | W |
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With golden hand she grasped the mane | X |
Of a red cloud on her azure plain | X |
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It by the peaked red sunset flew | C |
Cool winds from its bright nostrils blew | C |
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They swayed the high dark trees and low | Y |
Swept the locked lilies to and fro | Y |
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With cedar paddle scented red | A |
He pushed out from the lily bed | A |
Isabella Valancy Crawford
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