Poet Madison Julius Cawein

Madison Julius Cawein

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The Old Creek Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDD FDFDGDHD DDDDIJIJ KLKLMNMN

The frogs still cry 'Knee deep knee deep 'A
Among its starlit poolsB
When dark the woodland lies asleepC
And dusk its water coolsB
The fireflies round its bank of fernsD
Hang will o' wisps for lampsE
Where in a place no eye discernsD
Enchantment's host encampsD
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The bats above it go and comeF
In reeling rigadoonsD
While Elfland beats a beetle drumF
Or cricket fiddle tunesD
And in and out and all aboutG
The pixy people danceD
To katydid song and green frog gongH
That hold the woods in tranceD
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The moon looks listening through its treesD
As if to hear its callsD
Or with long arms of light to seizeD
Its twinkling waterfallsD
With Witchcraft who a foam white handI
Its glimmering banks betweenJ
Beckons from sand to riffled sandI
To something far unseenJ
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A ghost that leans beside it stillK
The phantom of a boyL
Who followed once its wildwood willK
With barefoot troops of joyL
The soul of him who yearns afarM
To see in dusk and dewN
If still it dances with the starM
That once his boyhood knewN

Madison Julius Cawein



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