The River Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFGFHB IBFFJKLM NDBOPQRFBSF TMBBMUFM DVDWW XYZA2Z BMPFB2Z| In my first sleep | A |
| I came to the river | B |
| And looked down | C |
| Through the clear water | B |
| Only in dream | D |
| Water so pure | E |
| Laced and undulant | F |
| Lines of flow | G |
| On its rocky bed | F |
| Water of life | H |
| Streaming for ever | B |
| - | |
| A house was there | I |
| Beside the river | B |
| And I arrived | F |
| An expected guest | F |
| About to explore | J |
| Old gardens and libraries | K |
| But the car was waiting | L |
| To drive me away | M |
| - | |
| One last look | N |
| Into that bright stream | D |
| Trout there were | B |
| And clear on the bottom | O |
| Monster form | P |
| Of the great crayfish | Q |
| That crawls to the moon | R |
| On its rocky bed | F |
| Living water | B |
| In whorls and ripples | S |
| Flowing unbended | F |
| - | |
| There was the car | T |
| To drive me away | M |
| We crossed the river | B |
| Of living water | B |
| I might not stay | M |
| But must return | U |
| By the road too short | F |
| To the waiting day | M |
| - | |
| In my second dream | D |
| Pure I was and free | V |
| By the rapid stream | D |
| My crystal house the sky | W |
| The pure crystalline sky | W |
| - | |
| Into the stream I flung | X |
| A bottle of clear glass | Y |
| That twirled and tossed and spun | Z |
| In the water's race | A2 |
| Flashing the morning sun | Z |
| - | |
| Down that swift river | B |
| I saw it borne away | M |
| My empty crystal form | P |
| Exultant saw it caught | F |
| Into the current's spin | B2 |
| The flashing water's run | Z |
Kathleen Jessie Raine
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