Listening Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGA HIJK LMNO PQRS| There is a place of grass | A |
| With daisies like white pools | B |
| Or shining islands in a sea | C |
| Of brightening waves | D |
| - | |
| Swallows darting brush | E |
| The waves of gentle green | F |
| As though a wide still lake it were | G |
| Not living grass | A |
| - | |
| Evening draws over all | H |
| Grass and flowers and sky | I |
| And one rich bird prolongs the sweet | J |
| Of day on the edge of dark | K |
| - | |
| The grass is dim the stars | L |
| Lean down the height of heaven | M |
| And the trees listening in all their leaves | N |
| Scarce breathing stand | O |
| - | |
| Nothing is as it was | P |
| The bird on the bough sings on | Q |
| The night pure from the cloud of day | R |
| Is listening | S |
John Freeman
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