The Wood Nymph Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDAEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS ITUHVWXIYZ| Approach in silence 'tis no vulgar tale | A |
| Which I the Dryad of this hoary oak | B |
| Pronounce to mortal ears The second age | C |
| Now hasteneth to its period since I rose | D |
| On this fair lawn The groves of yonder vale | A |
| Are all my offspring and each Nymph who guards | E |
| The copses and the furrow'd fields beyond | F |
| Obeys me Many changes have I seen | G |
| In human things and many awful deeds | H |
| Of justice when the ruling hand of Jove | I |
| Against the tyrants of the land against | J |
| The unhallow'd sons of luxury and guile | K |
| Was arm'd for retribution Thus at length | L |
| Expert in laws divine I know the paths | M |
| Of wisdom and erroneous folly's end | N |
| Have oft presag'd and now well pleas'd I wait | O |
| Each evening till a noble youth who loves | P |
| My shade awhile releas'd from public cares | Q |
| Yon peaceful gate shall enter and sit down | R |
| Beneath my branches Then his musing mind | S |
| I prompt unseen and place before his view | I |
| Sincerest forms of good and move his heart | T |
| With the dread bounties of the sire supreme | U |
| Of gods and men with freedom's generous deeds | H |
| The lofty voice of glory and the faith | V |
| Of sacred friendship Stranger I have told | W |
| My function If within thy bosom dwell | X |
| Aught which may challenge praise thou wilt not leave | I |
| Unhonor'd my abode nor shall I hear | Y |
| A sparing benediction from thy tongue | Z |
Mark Akenside
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