The Cascade Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDEFFE GGHIIH JJKLLK MMNHHN OOPQQP HHRAAR HHSHHS TTHUUH VVWXXWFrom the mountain gray | A |
It has made its way | A |
To my garden green and cool | B |
And there from the edge | C |
Of a rocky ledge | C |
Leaps down to a crystal pool | B |
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With a plunging flash | D |
It falls to dash | D |
That crystal into foam | E |
And then at a bound | F |
Slips under ground | F |
To the lake its final home | E |
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In the morning light | G |
In the silent night | G |
When the moonlight gems the scene | H |
It laughs and sings | I |
And a light spray flings | I |
O'er stately walls of green | H |
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For in and out | J |
And round about | J |
Grow flowers plants and trees | K |
From the lowly moss | L |
To the boughs that toss | L |
Their leaves in the passing breeze | K |
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On its outer zone | M |
Of massive stone | M |
Two marble statues stand | N |
The silver sheen | H |
Of the pool between | H |
One form on either hand | N |
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One of the pair | O |
Is a woman fair | O |
With parted smiling lips | P |
For her each hour | Q |
A honied flower | Q |
And she the bee that sips | P |
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The other a faun | H |
From whom is gone | H |
The power to frankly smile | R |
For whom each day | A |
As it drags away | A |
Makes life still less worth while | R |
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The face of the one | H |
Is like the sun | H |
With its warmth and light and cheer | S |
But the faun looks down | H |
With ugly frown | H |
And his lips retain a sneer | S |
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Youth and age | T |
Child and sage | T |
The former with life unknown | H |
The latter burnt | U |
By lessons learnt | U |
With a heart now turned to stone | H |
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Yet the torrent speeds | V |
And never heeds | V |
The statues' smiles or sneers | W |
They come and go | X |
But the water's flow | X |
Has lasted a thousand years | W |
John L. Stoddard
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