To The Hills! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGFG HIHI JKJK LDLD AMAM NONO PQPQ RSRS| 'T is eight miles out and eight miles in | A |
| Just at the break of morn | B |
| 'T is ice without and flame within | A |
| To gain a kiss at dawn | C |
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| Far where the Lilac Hills arise | D |
| Soft from the misty plain | E |
| A lone enchanted hollow lies | D |
| Where I at last drew rein | E |
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| Midwinter grips this lonely land | F |
| This stony treeless waste | G |
| Where East due East across the sand | F |
| We fly in fevered haste | G |
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| Pull up the East will soon be red | H |
| The wild duck westward fly | I |
| And make above my anxious head | H |
| Triangles in the sky | I |
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| Like wind we go we both are still | J |
| So young all thanks to Fate | K |
| It cuts like knives this air so chill | J |
| Dear God if I am late | K |
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| Behind us wrapped in mist and sleep | L |
| The Ruined City lies | D |
| Although we race we seem to creep | L |
| While lighter grow the skies | D |
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| Eight miles out only eight miles in | A |
| Good going all the way | M |
| But more and more the clouds begin | A |
| To redden into day | M |
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| And every snow tipped peak grows pink | N |
| An iridescent gem | O |
| My heart beats quick with joy to think | N |
| How I am nearing them | O |
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| As mile on mile behind us falls | P |
| Till Oh delight I see | Q |
| My Heart's Desire who softly calls | P |
| Across the gloom to me | Q |
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| The utter joy of that First Love | R |
| No later love has given | S |
| When while the skies grew light above | R |
| We entered into Heaven | S |
Laurence Hope (adela Florence Cory Nicolson)
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