The Vision: (katia: Easter Sunday, 1916) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLM NOPO QRBR SQTQ| She had a vision in the dark | A |
| Ere the first lark from nest took flight | B |
| She saw her own son from fierce strife | C |
| Win to new Life and new Delight | B |
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| The clouds were tattered round his head | D |
| As sore bested he fought his foe | E |
| Where in the conflict he was ta'en | F |
| And slain she did not see it so | E |
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| She saw indeed his bitter case | G |
| In that sad place parched without shade | H |
| And how her Christian Knight must fall | I |
| In Paynim thrall should Heaven not aid | H |
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| But now what light burns in the cloud | J |
| What voices loud against his ear | K |
| St Andrew and St Patrick ride | L |
| Close by his side St George is near | M |
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| His banner floats upon the breeze | N |
| Like a gold fleece it wraps him round | O |
| So cap pie from head to knee | P |
| His enemy he strikes to ground | O |
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| He's won the day he's won the day | Q |
| See the light play upon his brow | R |
| Brave in his armour and upright | B |
| The Christian Knight is riding now | R |
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| She had that vision of her son | S |
| When by the moon asleep she lay | Q |
| And woke to singing birds and dew | T |
| And knew that it was Easter Day | Q |
Katharine Tynan
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