Tornfallet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A A B B C C D D E F B B G G A A H H C D B C C C C C D D I I B BThere is a meadow in Sweden | A |
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where I lie smitten | A |
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eyes stained with clouds' | B |
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white ins and outs | B |
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And about that meadow | C |
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roams my widow | C |
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plaiting a clover | D |
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wreath for her lover | D |
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I took her in marriage | E |
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in a granite parish | F |
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The snow lent her whiteness | B |
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a pine was a witness | B |
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She'd swim in the oval | G |
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lake whose opal | G |
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mirror framed by bracken | A |
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felt happy broken | A |
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And at night the stubborn | H |
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sun of her auburn | H |
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hair shone from my pillow | C |
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at post and pillar | D |
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Now in the distance | B |
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I hear her descant | C |
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She sings Blue Swallow | C |
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but I can't follow | C |
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The evening shadow | C |
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robs the meadow | C |
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of width and color | D |
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It's getting colder | D |
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As I lie dying | I |
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here I'm eyeing | I |
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stars Here's Venus | B |
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no one between us | B |
Joseph Brodsky
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