Vision Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEF GHIHJKJKLMLM NONOPQPQFNFN| The wintry sun was pale | A |
| On hill and hedge | B |
| The wind smote with its flail | A |
| The seeded sedge | B |
| High up above the world | C |
| New taught to fly | D |
| The withered leaves were hurled | C |
| About the sky | D |
| And there through death and dearth | E |
| It went and came | F |
| The Glory of the earth | E |
| That hath no name | F |
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| I know not what it is | G |
| I only know | H |
| It quivers in the bliss | I |
| Where roses blow | H |
| That on the winter's breath | J |
| It broods in space | K |
| And o'er the face of death | J |
| I see its face | K |
| And start and stand between | L |
| Delight and dole | M |
| As though mine eyes had seen | L |
| A living Soul | M |
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| And I have followed it | N |
| As thou hast done | O |
| Where April shadows flit | N |
| Beneath the sun | O |
| In dawn and dusk and star | P |
| In joy and fear | Q |
| Have seen its glory far | P |
| And felt it near | Q |
| And dared recall his name | F |
| Who stood unshod | N |
| Before a fireless flame | F |
| And called it God | N |
John Charles Mcneill
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