Brook Farm Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBB CDDC EFFE GHHG IBBI JKKJDown the long road bent and brown | A |
Youth that dearly loves a vision | B |
Ventures to the gate Elysian | B |
As a pilgrim from the town | B |
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Coming not so late so far | C |
Rocks and birches for your story | D |
Not to prate on vanished glory | D |
Where of old was quenched a star | C |
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Where of old in lapse of toil | E |
Time but mocked a prayer pathetic | F |
Where the flower of good prophetic | F |
Starved in our New England soil | E |
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Ah to Youth with radiant eyes | G |
For whom grief is not nor daunting | H |
Lost glad voices still are chanting | H |
Neath those unremaining skies | G |
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Still the dreams of fellowship | I |
Beat their wings of aspiration | B |
And a smile of soft elation | B |
Trembles from its haughty lip | I |
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If another dare deride | J |
Hopes heroic snapped and parted | K |
Disillusion so high hearted | K |
All success is mean beside | J |
Louise Imogen Guiney
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