Buffalo Creek Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL| A timid child with heart oppressed | A |
| By images of sin | B |
| I slunk into the bush for rest | A |
| And found my fairy kin | B |
| - | |
| The fire I carried kept me warm | C |
| The friendly air was chill | D |
| The laggards of the lowing storm | C |
| Trailed gloom along the hill | D |
| - | |
| I watched the crawling monsters melt | E |
| And saw their shadows wane | F |
| As on my satin skin I felt | E |
| The fingers of the rain | F |
| - | |
| The sunlight was a golden beer | G |
| I drank a magic draught | H |
| The sky was clear and void of fear | G |
| I stood erect and laughed | H |
| - | |
| And sudden laughter idly free | I |
| About me trilled and rang | J |
| And love was shed from every tree | I |
| And little bushes sang | J |
| - | |
| The bay of conscience' bloody hound | K |
| That tears the world apart | L |
| Has never drowned the silent sound | K |
| Within my happy heart | L |
John Le Gay Brereton
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