To Autumn. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEFDE GHGHIJKIJK LMLMINIINI IOIOPQFPQC| I oft have net thee Autumn wandering | A |
| Beside a misty stream thy locks flung wild | B |
| Thy cheeks a hectic flush more fair than Spring | A |
| As if on thee the scarlet copse had smiled | B |
| Or thee I've seen a twisted oak beneath | C |
| Thy gentle eyes with foolish weeping dim | D |
| Beneath a faded oak from whose tinged leaves | E |
| Thou woundedst drowsy wreaths while the soft breath | F |
| Of Morn did kiss thy locks and make them swim | D |
| Far out behind brown as the rustling sheaves | E |
| - | |
| Oft have I thee upon a hillock seen | G |
| Dream visaged all agaze at glimpses faint | H |
| Of glimmering woods that glanced the hills between | G |
| With Indian faces from thy airy paint | H |
| Or I have met thee 'twixt two dappled hills | I |
| Within a dingled valley nigh a fall | J |
| Clasped in thy tinted hand a ruddy flower | K |
| And lowly stooping where the leaf dammed rills | I |
| Went babbling low thro' wildwood's arrased hall | J |
| Where burned the beech and maples glared their power | K |
| - | |
| Oft have I seen thee in a ruined mill | L |
| Where basked the crimson creeper serpentine | M |
| Where fallen leaves did stir and rustle chill | L |
| And saw thee rest beneath a wild grape vine | M |
| While Echo sad amid his deep voiced mountains | I |
| More sad than erst did raise a dreamy speech | N |
| And call thee to his youthful amorous arms | I |
| Where splashed the murmuring forest's limpid fountains | I |
| And tho' his words thy pink shell ears did reach | N |
| Thou wouldst not heed or guile him with thy charms | I |
| - | |
| Once saw thee in a hollow girt with trees | I |
| A dream amid the harvest's tawny grain | O |
| Thy plushy cheek faint flushing in the breeze | I |
| In thy deep eyes a drowsy sky's blue stain | O |
| And where within the woodland's twilight path | P |
| The cloud winged skies did peep all speechless down | Q |
| And stirred the gaudy leaves with fragrant breath | F |
| I've seen thee walk nor fear the Winter's wrath | P |
| There drop asleep clad in thy gipsy gown | Q |
| While Echo bending o'er dropp'd tears upon thy wreath | C |
Madison Julius Cawein
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about To Autumn. poem by Madison Julius Cawein
Best Poems of Madison Julius Cawein