A Summer Noon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDBEFGHIJEKLMNOPQR STUCVWXEYZFA2B2C2D2A 2A2| 'Tis raging noon and vertical the sun | A |
| Darts on the head direct his forceful rays | B |
| O'er heaven and earth far as the ranging eye | C |
| Can sweep a dazzling deluge reigns and all | D |
| From pole to pole is undistinguish'd blaze | B |
| In vain the sight dejected to the ground | E |
| Stoops for relief thence hot ascending steams | F |
| And keen reflection pain Deep to the root | G |
| Of vegetation parch'd the cleaving fields | H |
| And slippery lawn an arid hue disclose | I |
| Blast fancy's bloom and wither even the soul | J |
| Echo no more returns the cheerful sound | E |
| Of sharpening scythe the mower sinking heaps | K |
| O'er him the humid hay with flowers perfumed | L |
| And scarce a chirping grasshopper is heard | M |
| Through the dumb mead Distressful nature pants | N |
| The very streams look languid from afar | O |
| Or through th' unshelter'd glad impatient seem | P |
| To hurl into the covert of the grove | Q |
| All conquering heat oh intermit thy wrath | R |
| And on my throbbing temples potent thus | S |
| Beam not so fierce incessant still you flow | T |
| And still another fervent flood succeeds | U |
| Pour'd on the head profuse In vain I sigh | C |
| And restless turn and look around for night | V |
| Night is far off and hotter hours approach | W |
| Thrice happy he who on the sunless side | X |
| Of a romantic mountain forest crown'd | E |
| Beneath the whole collected shade reclines | Y |
| Or in the gelid caverns woodbine wrought | Z |
| And fresh bedew'd with ever sprouting streams | F |
| Sits coolly calm while all the world without | A2 |
| Unsatisfied and sick tosses in noon | B2 |
| Emblem instructive of the virtuous ma | C2 |
| Who keeps his temper'd mind serene and pure | D2 |
| And every passion aptly harmonised | A2 |
| Amid a jarring world with vice inflamed | A2 |
James Thomson
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