Poet Madison Julius Cawein

Madison Julius Cawein

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Pixy Wood Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CB DEDE FEFE GHGH IHIH HEHE JEJE

The vat like cups of the fungus filledA
With the rain that fell last nightB
Are casks of wine that the elves distilledA
For revels the moon did lightB
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The owlet there with her 'Who oh who '-
And the frog with his 'All is right '-
Could tell a tale if they wanted toC
Of what took place last nightB
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In that hollow beech where the wood decaysD
Their toadstool houses standE
A little village of drabs and graysD
Cone roofed of FaerylandE
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That moth which gleams like a lichen thereF
Is one of an elfin bandE
That whisks away if you merely dareF
To try to understandE
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The snail that slides on that mushroom's topG
And the slug on its sleepy trailH
Wax fat on the things the elves let dropG
At feast in the moonlight paleH
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The whippoorwill that grieves and grievesI
If it would could tell a taleH
Of what took place here under the leavesI
Last night on the Dreamland TrailH
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The trillium there and the MayappleH
With their white eyes opened wideE
Of many a secret sight could tellH
If speech were not deniedE
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Of many a pixy revelryJ
And rout on which they've spiedE
With the hollow tree which there you seeJ
Opens its eye knots wideE

Madison Julius Cawein



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