Against The Cold Pale Sky Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DEFFGG HIJJAA FFKKLL AAMMNNAgainst the cold pale sky | A |
The elm tree company rose high | A |
All the fine hues of day | B |
That flowered so bold had died away | B |
Only chill blue faint green | C |
And deepening dark blue were seen | C |
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There swinging on a bough | D |
That hung or floated broad and low | E |
The lamp of evening bright | F |
With more than planetary light | F |
Was beautiful and free | G |
A white bird swaying on the tree | G |
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You watched and I watched | H |
Our eyes and hearts so surely matched | I |
We saw the white bird leap leap | J |
Shining in his journey steep | J |
Through that vast cold sky | A |
Our hearts knew his unuttered cry | A |
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A cry of free delight | F |
Spreading over the clustering night | F |
Pole Hill grave and stark | K |
Stared at the valley's tidal dark | K |
The Darent glimmered wan | L |
But that eager planet winging on | L |
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And singing on went high | A |
Into the deeps and heights of sky | A |
And our thoughts rising too | M |
Brightened the mortal darkness through | M |
Trembled and danced and sang | N |
Till the mute invisible heavens rang | N |
John Frederick Freeman
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