The Torrent Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACAACDCEDCE| Here is a tale for workmen and their masters | A |
| There was a torrent once that down a mountain | B |
| Flashed its resistless way a foaming fountain | B |
| Basaltic built 'twixt cataract hewn pilasters | A |
| Down from its eagle eyrie nearer nearer | C |
| Its savage beauty born mid rocks and cedars | A |
| Swept free as tempest wild as mountain leaders | A |
| Of stars and storms the swiftly moving mirror | C |
| Men found it out and set to work to tame it | D |
| Put it to pounding rock and rafting lumber | C |
| Made it a carrier of the filth of cities | E |
| Harnessed its joy to engines tried to shame it | D |
| Saying ' Be civilized ' and piled their cumber | C |
| Upon it bound it God of all the Pities | E |
Madison Julius Cawein
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