A Lament Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCCB A DEAAAE A FFGGGF A HHIIIH A JJKKLJ A BBMMMB

IA
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White moons may come white moons may goB
She sleeps where wild wood blossoms blowB
Nor knows she of the rosy JuneC
Star silver flowers o'er her strewnC
The pearly paleness of the moonC
Alas how should she knowB
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IIA
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The downy moth at evening comesD
To suck thin honey from wet bloomsE
Long lazy clouds that swimming highA
Brood white about the western skyA
Grow red as molten iron and lieA
Above the fragrant gloomsE
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IIIA
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Rare odors of the weed and fernF
Dry whisp'rings of dim leaves that turnF
A sound of hidden waters loneG
Frothed bubbling down the streaming stoneG
And now a wood dove's plaintive moanG
Drift from the bushy burneF
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IVA
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Her garden where deep lilacs blewH
Where on old walls old roses grewH
Head heavy with their mellow muskI
Where when the beetle's drone was huskI
She lingered in the dying duskI
No more shall know that knewH
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VA
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When orchards courting the wan SpringJ
Starred robes of buds around them flingJ
Their beauty now to her is naughtK
Once a sweet passion when she fraughtK
Dark curls with blooms that nodding caughtL
Impulse from the bee's wingJ
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VIA
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White moons may come white moons may goB
She sleeps where wildwood blossoms blowB
Cares naught for fairy fern or weedM
White wand'rings of the plumy seedM
Of hart or hind she takes no heedM
Alas her head lies lowB

Madison Julius Cawein



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