The Water-maid Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDCDDCCEDEDFFEGECC GHH| There she rose as white as death | A |
| Stars above and stars beneath | B |
| Where the ripples brake in splendor | C |
| To a million million starlets | D |
| Twinkling on lake lilies tender | C |
| Rocking to the ripple barlets | D |
| She brow belted with white lilies | D |
| Rose and oared a shining shoulder | C |
| To a downward purpling boulder | C |
| With slim fingers soft and milky | E |
| Haled her from the spray sprent lilies | D |
| To a ledge and sitting silky | E |
| Sang unto the list'ning lilies | D |
| Sang and sang beneath the heaven | F |
| Belted wreathed with lilies seven | F |
| Falsely sang a wild wild ditty | E |
| To a wool white moon | G |
| Till a child both frail and pretty | E |
| Found her singing on the boulder | C |
| Dark locks on a milky shoulder | C |
| 'Neath the wool white moon | G |
| And the creature singing there | H |
| Strangled him in her long hair | H |
Madison Julius Cawein
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