A Dream Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSB TUVWXYZA2B2C2D2D2C2E 2FF2C2| Was it a dream We sail'd I thought we sail'd | A |
| Martin and I down the green Alpine stream | B |
| Border'd each bank with pines the morning sun | C |
| On the wet umbrage of their glossy tops | D |
| On the red pinings of their forest floor | E |
| Drew a warm scent abroad behind the pines | F |
| The mountain skirts with all their sylvan change | G |
| Of bright leaf'd chestnuts and moss'd walnut trees | H |
| And the frail scarlet berried ash began | I |
| Swiss chalets glitter'd on the dewy slopes | J |
| And from some swarded shelf high up there came | K |
| Notes of wild pastoral music over all | L |
| Ranged diamond bright the eternal wall of snow | M |
| Upon the mossy rocks at the stream's edge | N |
| Back'd by the pines a plank built cottage stood | O |
| Bright in the sun the climbing gourd plant's leaves | P |
| Muffled its walls and on the stone strewn roof | Q |
| Lay the warm golden gourds golden within | R |
| Under the eaves peer'd rows of Indian corn | S |
| We shot beneath the cottage with the stream | B |
| On the brown rude carved balcony two forms | T |
| Came forth Olivia's Marguerite and thine | U |
| Clad were they both in white flowers in their breast | V |
| Straw hats bedeck'd their heads with ribbons blue | W |
| Which danced and on their shoulders fluttering play'd | X |
| They saw us they conferred their bosoms heaved | Y |
| And more than mortal impulse fill'd their eyes | Z |
| Their lips moved their white arms waved eagerly | A2 |
| Flash'd once like falling streams we rose we gazed | B2 |
| One moment on the rapid's top our boat | C2 |
| Hung poised and then the darting river of Life | D2 |
| Such now methought it was the river of Life | D2 |
| Loud thundering bore us by swift swift it foam'd | C2 |
| Black under cliffs it raced round headlands shone | E2 |
| Soon the plank'd cottage by the sun warm'd pines | F |
| Faded the moss the rocks us burning plains | F2 |
| Bristled with cities us the sea received | C2 |
Matthew Arnold
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