Moon Fairies Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDCDCCCCCCCECCFF GHGIJJKKLMLMNNOOCCCC CCLLPQPQLLCCCRCRCCSS CCCCFFLLCTCT| THE moon a circle of gold | A |
| O'er the crowded housetops rolled | A |
| And peeped in an attic where | B |
| 'Mid sordid things and bare | B |
| A sick child lay and gazed | C |
| At a road to the far away | D |
| A road he followed mazed | C |
| That grew from a moonbeam ray | D |
| A road of light that led | C |
| From the foot of his garret bed | C |
| Out of that room of hate | C |
| Where Poverty slept by his mate | C |
| Sickness out of the street | C |
| Into a wonderland | C |
| Where a voice called far and sweet | C |
| 'Come follow our Fairy band ' | E |
| A purple shadow sprinkled | C |
| With golden star dust twinkled | C |
| Suddenly into the room | F |
| Out of the winter gloom | F |
| And it wore a face to him | G |
| Of a dream he'd dreamed a form | H |
| Of Joy whose face was dim | G |
| Yet bright with a magic charm | I |
| And the shadow seemed to trail | J |
| Sounds that were green and frail | J |
| Dew dripples notes that fell | K |
| Like drops in a ferny dell | K |
| A whispered lisp and stir | L |
| Like winds among the leaves | M |
| Blent with a cricket chirr | L |
| And coo of a dove that grieves | M |
| And the Elfin bore on its back | N |
| A little faery pack | N |
| Of forest scents of loam | O |
| And mossy sounds of foam | O |
| And of its contents breathed | C |
| As might a clod of ground | C |
| Feeling a bud unsheathed | C |
| There in its womb profound | C |
| And the shadow smiled and gazed | C |
| At the child then softly raised | C |
| Its arms and seemed to grow | L |
| To a tree in the attic low | L |
| And from its glimmering hands | P |
| Shook emerald seeds of dreams | Q |
| From which grew fairy bands | P |
| Like firefly motes and gleams | Q |
| The child had seen them before | L |
| In his dreams of Fairy lore | L |
| The Elves each with a light | C |
| To guide his feet a right | C |
| Out of this world to a world | C |
| Where Magic built him towers | R |
| And Fable old unfurled | C |
| Flags like wonderful flowers | R |
| And the child who knew this smiled | C |
| And rose a different child | C |
| No more he knew of pain | S |
| Or fear of heart and brain | S |
| At Poverty there that slept | C |
| He never even glanced | C |
| But into the moon road stept | C |
| And out of the garret danced | C |
| Out of the earthly gloom | F |
| Out of the sordid room | F |
| Out on a moonbeam ray | L |
| Now at last to play | L |
| There with comrades found | C |
| Children of the moon | T |
| There on faery ground | C |
| Where none would find him soon | T |
Madison Julius Cawein
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