A Summer Sunrise Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCBBC DEDDE FGFFG HIHHI JKJJK LMLLM NONNO PQPPQ

AFTER LEE O HARRISA
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The master hand whose pencils traceB
This wondrous landscape of the mornC
Is but the sun whose glowing faceB
Reflects the rapture and the graceB
Of inspiration Heaven bornC
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And yet with vision dazzled eyesD
I see the lotus lands of oldE
Where odorous breezes fall and riseD
And mountains peering in the skiesD
Stand ankle deep in lakes of goldE
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And spangled with the shine and shadeF
I see the rivers raveled outG
In strands of silver slowly fadeF
In threads of light along the gladeF
Where truant roses hide and poutG
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The tamarind on gleaming sandsH
Droops drowsily beneath the heatI
And bowed as though aweary standsH
The stately palm with lazy handsH
That fold their shadows round his feetI
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And mistily as through a veilJ
I catch the glances of a seaK
Of sapphire dimpled with a galeJ
Toward Colch's blowing where the sailJ
Of Jason's Argo beckons meK
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And gazing on and farther yetL
I see the isles enchanted brightM
With fretted spire and parapetL
And gilded mosque and minaretL
That glitter in the crimson lightM
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But as I gaze the city's wallsN
Are keenly smitten with a gleamO
Of pallid splendor that appallsN
The fancy as the ruin fallsN
In ashen embers of a dreamO
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Yet over all the waking earthP
The tears of night are brushed awayQ
And eyes are lit with love and mirthP
And benisons of richest worthP
Go up to bless the new born dayQ

James Whitcomb Riley



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