The Dream Child Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABAB CDCDCD EFGFEF HIHIHI JKJKJK LMLMLM NONONO| There is a place I know it well | A |
| Where beech trees crowd into a gloom | B |
| And where a twinkling woodland well | A |
| Flings from a rock a rippling plume | B |
| And like a Faun beneath a spell | A |
| The silence breathes of beam and bloom | B |
| - | |
| And here it was I met with her | C |
| The child I never hoped to see | D |
| Who long had been heart's comforter | C |
| And soul's companion unto me | D |
| Telling me oft of myths that were | C |
| And of far faerylands to be | D |
| - | |
| She stood there smiling by the pool | E |
| The cascade made below the rocks | F |
| Innocent naked beautiful | G |
| The frail gerardia in her locks | F |
| A flower elfin sweet and cool | E |
| Freckled as faery four o clocks | F |
| - | |
| Her eyes were rain bright and her hair | H |
| An amber gleam like that which tips | I |
| The golden leaves when Fall comes fair | H |
| And twin red berries were her lips | I |
| Her beauty pure and young and bare | H |
| Shone like a star from breasts to hips | I |
| - | |
| Oft had I seen her thus of old | J |
| In dreams where she played many parts | K |
| A form possessing in its mold | J |
| The high perfection of all Arts | K |
| With all the hopes to which men hold | J |
| And loves for which they break their hearts | K |
| - | |
| And she was mine Within her face | L |
| I read' her soul Then while she smiled | M |
| A sudden wind swept through the place | L |
| And she was gone My heart beat wild | M |
| The leaves shook and behold no trace | L |
| Was there of her the faery child | M |
| - | |
| Only a ray of gold that hung | N |
| Above the water and a bough | O |
| Rain bright and berried low that swung | N |
| Yet in my heart of hearts somehow | O |
| I felt I need not search among | N |
| The trees that she was hiding now | O |
Madison Julius Cawein
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About The Dream Child
The Dream Child is a poem by Madison Julius Cawein. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about The Dream Child poem by Madison Julius Cawein
Best Poems of Madison Julius Cawein