The Wrecked Aeroplane Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCA DDEFFD GGGGFG HHIJJH KLGMMK NNOPQPN| Unhappy craft of Daedalus reborn | A |
| That liest prone with white wings torn | A |
| And like some giant prehistoric bird with throb | B |
| bing sound | C |
| Doest beat they wings on unresponsive ground | C |
| Forlorn Forlorn | A |
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| This very morn didst set out with thy plume | D |
| Yet damp from thine Icarian tomb | D |
| To plough in mirth again the Stygian wave With | E |
| launching cry | F |
| And sails outset didst dive the unattempted sky | F |
| To doom To doom | D |
| - | |
| The early reaper at the start of day | G |
| Pauses mid the falling hay | G |
| And stands in wond ring gaze with eyes upturned | G |
| to watch they flight | G |
| To him dost seem some goblin that the lifting nigh | F |
| Hath gone astray | G |
| - | |
| About thee in they meteor flight along | H |
| The shore the shrieking sea birds throng | H |
| In clustered clouds of angry rivalry and skim the | I |
| sea | J |
| To rise and dip again and follow with their free | J |
| Wild tuneless song | H |
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| Unfledged untimely birdling of a breath | K |
| No useless shroud hast thou nor wreath | L |
| They flight was brief yet wert thou eagle hearted | G |
| as of yore | M |
| When fearlessly didst flee that alien Cretan shore | M |
| To sink in death | K |
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| And now the furrowed earth holds fast they wings | N |
| While far afield the ox bell rings | N |
| A strange soft dirge Thy blood is dropping on | O |
| the frightened grass | P |
| The night is hushed A sad scarce moving breeze | Q |
| doth pass | P |
| And passing sings | N |
Leon Gellert
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