The Realm Of Azure Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C D E F G H I JK L M| O realm of azure O realm of light and colour of youth and happiness I have beheld thee in dream We were together a few in a beautiful little boat gaily decked out Like a swan's breast the white sail swelled below the streamers frolicking in the wind | A |
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| I knew not who were with me but in all my soul I felt that they were young light hearted happy as I | B |
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| But I looked not indeed on them I beheld all round the boundless blue of the sea dimpled with scales of gold and overhead the same boundless sea of blue and in it triumphant and mirthful it seemed moved the sun | C |
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| And among us ever and anon rose laughter ringing and gleeful as the laughter of the gods | D |
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| And on a sudden from one man's lips or another's would flow words songs of divine beauty and inspiration and power it seemed the sky itself echoed back a greeting to them and the sea quivered in unison Then followed again the blissful stillness | E |
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| Riding lightly over the soft waves swiftly our little boat sped on No wind drove it along our own lightly beating hearts guided it At our will it floated obedient as a living thing | F |
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| We came on islands enchanted islands half transparent with the prismatic lights of precious stones of amethysts and emeralds Odours of bewildering fragrance rose from the rounded shores some of these islands showered on us a rain of roses and valley lilies from others birds darted up with long wings of rainbow hues | G |
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| The birds flew circling above us the lilies and roses melted away in the pearly foam that glided by the smooth sides of our boat | H |
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| And with the flowers and the birds sounds floated to us sounds sweet as honey women's voices one fancied in them And all about us sky sea the heaving sail aloft the gurgling water at the rudder all spoke of love of happy love | I |
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| And she the beloved of each of us she was there unseen and close | J |
| One moment more and behold her eyes will shine upon thee her smile will blossom on thee Her hand will take thy hand and guide thee to the land of joy that fades not | K |
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| O realm of azure In dream have I beheld thee | L |
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| June | M |
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev
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