Undine Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBCD EEFFAA GGHHII JJKKLL MMNNOO PPQQRR SSTTUV AAEEWW

Spirit of Como whose rhythmical callA
Murmurs caressingly under my wallA
Why are thy feet though the hour be lateB
Mounting the moon silvered steps of my gateB
What is the cause of this passionate strainC
Voiced by thy wavelets again and againD
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Near to the lake and surmounting the lawnE
Sculptured Undine sits facing the dawnE
White on the rocks of the fountain belowF
Glistens her form like a statue of snowF
Smiling she listens entranced to the callA
Sung so alluringly under my wallA
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Leaf woven ladders of ivy wreathed vinesG
Fall from the rampart in undulant linesG
Silken and slender they swing in the breezeH
Tempting the lover to clamber with easeH
Up to the garden to woo and to takeI
Lovely Undine away to the lakeI
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Boldly Love's wavelets now leap to the landJ
Swiftly they scale every tremulous strandJ
Lightly they sway with the wavering screenK
White gleam their feet on its background of greenK
Yet the old parapet mossy and grayL
Never is reached by their glittering sprayL
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Hear you that music half song and half sighM
Sylph like Undine is making replyM
Though I so motionless sit here aboveN
I am not deaf to thy pleadings of loveN
Others regard me as passionless stoneO
Only to thee shall my nature be knownO
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Men who behold me praise merely my artP
Never suspecting I too have a heartP
Under the marble the world cannot seeQ
All I am keeping there only for theeQ
Secrets of love are of all the most sweetR
Mine I will whisper to thee when we meetR
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Under the wall thou hast bravely assailedS
Under the vines where thy wavelets have failedS
Passes this fountain though cradled in snowsT
Straight to thy waters it secretly flowsT
Leaving my cold marble counterpart hereU
On that swift current I come to thee dearV
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Hushed is the lover's importunate callA
Silence and mystery brood over allA
Still my Undine sits facing the dawnE
'Tis but a mask for her spirit is goneE
Gone on that crystalline path to the deepW
Lured there to ecstasy lulled there to sleepW

John L. Stoddard



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