The Cascade Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDEFFE GGHIIH JJKLLK MMNHHN OOPQQP HHRAAR HHSHHS TTHUUH VVWXXW| From 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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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