Artemis Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDEFG DHIDJKLMDNOP DDQRDGODS TUVWDXFDYZIA2 DAB2UDC2DOA2OA2DUD2D VDE2F2DKDADKAODDDDG2 H2

Oft of the hiding Oread wast thou seenA
At earliest morn a tall imperial shapeB
High buskined dew dripped and on close chaste curlsC
Long blackness of thick hair the tipsy dropsD
Caught from the dipping sprays of under bosksD
Kissed of thy cheek and of thy shoulder brushedE
Thy rosy cheek as haughty Hera's fairF
Thy snow soft shoulder luminous as lightG
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Oft did the shaggy hills and solitudesD
Of Arethusa shout and ring and reelH
Reverberate and echo merrilyI
With the mad chiding of thy merry houndsD
Big mouthed and musical that on the stagJ
Or bristling wild boar furious grew in questK
And thou as keen fleet footed and clean limbedL
Thou thou O goddess with thy quivered crewM
Most loveliest maids and fit to wed with godsD
Rushed swinging on the wind free limbs and litheN
Long as thy radiant locks flung free to blowO
And lighten in the wine sharp air of mornP
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Ai me their throats their lusty dimpled throatsD
That made the hills sing and the wood ways danceD
As if to Orphic strains and gave them lifeQ
Ai me their bosoms' deepness and the softR
Sweet happy beauty of their delicate limbsD
That stormed the forest vacancies with lightG
Swift daylight of their splendor and made blowO
Within the glad sonorous solitudesD
Old germs of flowerets a century coldS
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The woodland Naiad whispered by her rockT
The Hamadryad limpid eyed and wildU
Expectant rustled by her usual oakV
And laughed in wonder and mad Pan himselfW
Reeled piping fiercely down the dingled deepsD
With rollicking eye that rolled a brutish lustX
And did the unwed maiden musing whereF
Her father's well beyond the god graced hillsD
Bubbled and babbled hear the full high cryY
Of the chaste huntress while her dripping jarZ
Unheeded brimmed vowed with her chastityI
And shorn gold hair to veil her virgin feetA2
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But ah not when the saucy daylight swimsD
Filling the forests with a glamorous greenA
Let me behold thee goddess but when dimB2
The slow night settles on the haunted wildU
And walks in sober sark and heatful starsD
Shine out intensely and the echoy wasteC2
Far off far off in shudders palpitatesD
Unto the Limnad's song unmercifulO
Unmerciful and mad and bitter sweetA2
Then come in all thy godhead beautifulO
Thou beautiful and gentle as thou cam'stA2
To lorn Endymion who in Lemnos onceD
Lone in the wizard magic of the wildU
Wandered a gentle boy unfriended sadD2
It grew far off adown the stirring treesD
Thy silent beauty blossoming flowerlikeV
Between the tree trunks and the lacing limbsD
Bright in the leaves that kissed for very joyE2
And drunkenness of glory thus revealedF2
He saw it all the naked brow and limbsD
The polished silver of thy glossy breastK
Alone uncompanied of handmaidensD
Like some full splendid fruit HesperianA
Not e'en for deities thy sweet far voiceD
Came tinkling on his wistful ear and lispedK
Like leaves that cling and slip to cling againA
And on such perilous beauty that must killO
The poisonous favor of thy godlinessD
Feasting his every sense through eyes and earsD
His soul exalted waxed and amorousD
Like the high gods who quaff deep golden bowlsD
Of rosy nectar with immortal loveG2
And what remained ah what remained but deathH2

Madison Julius Cawein



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