English Hills Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDD EFGHH EHIJJ EKLMM ACNOO| O that I were | A |
| Where breaks the pure cold light | B |
| On English hills | C |
| And peewits rising cry | D |
| And gray is all the sky | D |
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| Or at evening there | E |
| When the faint slow light stays | F |
| And far below | G |
| Sleeps the last lingering sound | H |
| And night leans all round | H |
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| O then O there | E |
| 'Tis English haunted ground | H |
| The diligent stars | I |
| Creep out watch and smile | J |
| The wise moon lingers awhile | J |
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| For surely there | E |
| Heroic shapes are moving | K |
| Visible thoughts | L |
| Passions things divine | M |
| Clear beneath clear star shine | M |
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| O that I were | A |
| Again on English hills | C |
| Seeing between | N |
| Laborious villages | O |
| Her cool dark loveliness | O |
John Frederick Freeman
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