Mysteries Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABAAAB CCDCCED FFGFFHG IIBIIIB JJKJJJK LLMLLNM

Soft and silken and silvery brownA
In shoes of lichen and leafy gownA
Little blue butterflies fluttering around herB
Deep in the forest afar from townA
There where a stream came trickling downA
I met with Silence who wove a crownA
Of sleep whose mystery bound herB
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I gazed in her eyes that were mossy greenC
As the rain that pools in a hollow betweenC
The twisted roots of a tree that towersD
And I saw the things that none has seenC
That mean far more than facts may meanC
The dreams that are true of an age that has beenE
That God has thought into flowersD
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I gazed on her lips that were dewy grayF
As the mist that clings at the close of dayF
To the wet hillside when the winds cease blowingG
And I heard the things that none may sayF
That are holier far than the prayers we prayF
The murmured music God breathes alwayH
Through the hearts of all things growingG
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Soft and subtle and vapory whiteI
In shoes of shadow and gown of lightI
Crimson poppies asleep around herB
Far in the forest beneath a heightI
I came on Slumber who wove from nightI
A wreath of silence that darkly brightI
With its mystic beauty bound herB
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I looked in her face that was pale and stillJ
As the moon that rises above the hillJ
Where the pines loom sombre as sorrowK
And the things that all have known and willJ
I knew for a moment the myths that fillJ
And people the past of the soul and thrillJ
Its hope with a far to morrowK
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I heard her voice that was strange with painL
As a wind that whispers of wreck and rainL
To the leaves of the autumn rustling lonelyM
And I felt the things that are felt in vainL
By all the longings that haunt the brainL
Of man that come and depart againN
And are part of his dreamings onlyM

Madison Julius Cawein



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