Poet Madison Julius Cawein

Madison Julius Cawein

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The Rock Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABAABA CCADDAD EEFGGFG HHIJJIJ KFLAALE

Here at its base in dingled deepsA
Of spice bush where the ivy creepsA
The cold spring scoops its hollowB
And there three mossy stepping stonesA
Make ripple murmurs undertonesA
Of foam that blend and followB
With voices of the wood that dronesA
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The quail pipes here when noons are hotC
And here in coolness sunlight shotC
Beneath a roof of briersA
The red fox skulks at close of dayD
And here at night the shadows grayD
Stand like FRANCISCAN friarsA
With moonbeam beads whereon they prayD
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Here yawns the ground hog's dark dug holeE
And there the tunnel of the moleE
Heaves under weed and flowerF
A sandy pit fall here and thereG
The ant lion digs and lies a lairG
And here for sun and showerF
The spider weaves a silvery snareG
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The poison oak's rank tendrils twineH
The rock's south side the trumpet vineH
With crimson bugles sprinkledI
Makes green its eastern side the westJ
Is rough with lichens and gray pressedJ
Into an angle wrinkledI
The hornets hang an oblong nestJ
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The north is hid from sun and starK
And here like an InquisitorF
Of Fa ry InquisitionL
That roots out Elf land heresyA
Deep in the rock with mysteryA
Cowled for his grave commissionL
The Owl sits magisteriallyE

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