Kate Kearney Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDDEFEF GHGHIIJKJK LMLNOO PQPQ| WHY doth the maiden turn away | A |
| From voice so sweet and words so dear | B |
| Why doth the maiden turn away | A |
| When love and flattery woo her ear | C |
| And rarely that enchanted twain | D |
| Whisper in woman's ear in vain | D |
| Why doth the maiden leave the hall | E |
| No face is fair as hers is fair | F |
| No step has such a fairy fall | E |
| No azure eyes like hers are there | F |
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| The maiden seeks her lonely bower | G |
| Although her father's guests are met | H |
| She knows it is the midnight hour | G |
| She knows the first pale star is set | H |
| And now the silver moon beams wake | I |
| The spirits of the haunted Lake | I |
| The waves take rainbow hues and now | J |
| The shining train are gliding by | K |
| Their chieftain lifts his glorious brow | J |
| The maiden meets his lingering eye | K |
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| The glittering shapes melt into night | L |
| Another look their chief is gone | M |
| And chill and gray comes morning's light | L |
| And clear and cold the Lake flows on | N |
| Close close the casement not for sleep | O |
| Over such visions eyes but weep | O |
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| How many share such destiny | P |
| How many lured by fancy's beam | Q |
| Ask the impossible to be | P |
| And pine the victims of a dream | Q |
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
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