The Faun Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABC DEDEE FGFGG GHGII CJCJ KLKLL GGGGG| The joys that touched thee once be mine | A |
| The sympathies of sky and sea | B |
| The friendships of each rock and pine | A |
| That made thy lonely life ah me | B |
| In Tempe or in Gargaphie | C |
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| Such joy as thou didst feel when first | D |
| On some wild crag thou stood'st alone | E |
| To watch the mountain tempest burst | D |
| With streaming thunder lightning sown | E |
| On Latmos or on Pelion | E |
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| Thy awe when crowned with vastness Night | F |
| And Silence ruled the deep's abyss | G |
| And through dark leaves thou saw'st the white | F |
| Breasts of the starry maids who kiss | G |
| Pale feet of moony Artemis | G |
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| Thy dreams when breasting matted weeds | G |
| Of Arethusa thou didst hear | H |
| The music of the wind swept reeds | G |
| And down dim forest ways drew near | I |
| Shy herds of slim Arcadian deer | I |
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| Thy wisdom that knew naught but love | C |
| And beauty with which love is fraught | J |
| The wisdom of the heart whereof | C |
| All noblest passions spring that thought | J |
| As Nature thinks 'All else is naught ' | - |
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| Thy hope wherein To morrow set | K |
| No shadow hope that lacking care | L |
| And retrospect held no regret | K |
| But bloomed in rainbows everywhere | L |
| Filling with gladness all the air | L |
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| These were thine all in all life's moods | G |
| Embracing all of happiness | G |
| And when within thy long loved woods | G |
| Didst lay thee down to die no less | G |
| Thy happiness stood by to bless | G |
Madison Julius Cawein
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