Bacchanalia Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BBCDDEEFGHHIIJJKKBLM LMNOHOMPMQ RMSMIMTM CUVUWMXMMYMA BBZGA2A2A2B2B2C2C2D2 E2E2F2F2G2G2H2H2I2I2 MMAD2D2LMLMDH2SH2MMM MCMD2M CUMUC2J2H2J2MK2L2K2M MM2MMYMYD2D2N2N2

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The evening comes the fields are stillB
The tinkle of the thirsty rillB
Unheard all day ascends againC
Deserted is the half mown plainD
Silent the swaths the ringing wainD
The mower's cry the dog's alarmsE
All housed within the sleeping farmsE
The business of the day is doneF
The last left haymaker is goneG
And from the thyme upon the heightH
And from the elder blossom whiteH
And pale dog roses in the hedgeI
And from the mint plant in the sedgeI
In puffs of balm the night air blowsJ
The perfume which the day forgoesJ
And on the pure horizon farK
See pulsing with the first born starK
The liquid sky above the hillB
The evening comes the fields are still blockquote Loitering and leapingL
With saunter with boundsM
Flickering and circlingL
In files and in roundsM
Gaily their pine staff greenN
Tossing in airO
Loose o'er their shoulders whiteH
Showering their hairO
See the wild MaenadsM
Break from the woodP
Youth and IacchusM
Maddening their bloodQ
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See through the quiet landR
Rioting they passM
Fling the fresh heaps aboutS
Trample the grassM
Tear from the rifled hedgeI
Garlands their prizeM
Fill with their sports the fieldT
Fill with their criesM
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Shepherd what ails thee thenC
Shepherd why muteU
Forth with thy joyous songV
Forth with thy fluteU
Tempts not the revel blitheW
Lure not their criesM
Glow not their shoulders smoothX
Melt not their eyesM
Is not on cheeks like thoseM
Lovely the flushY
Ah so the quiet wasM
So was the hush blockquote IIA
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The epoch ends the world is stillB
The age has talk'd and work'd its fillB
The famous orators have shoneZ
The famous poets sung and goneG
The famous men of war have foughtA2
The famous speculators thoughtA2
The famous players sculptors wroughtA2
The famous painters fill'd their wallB2
The famous critics judged it allB2
The combatants are parted nowC2
Uphung the spear unbent the bowC2
The puissant crown'd the weak laid lowD2
And in the after silence sweetE2
Now strifes are hush'd our ears doth meetE2
Ascending pure the bell like fameF2
Of this or that down trodden nameF2
Delicate spirits push'd awayG2
In the hot press of the noon dayG2
And o'er the plain where the dead ageH2
Did its now silent warfare wageH2
O'er that wide plain now wrapt in gloomI2
Where many a splendour finds its tombI2
Many spent fames and fallen mightsM
The one or two immortal lightsM
Rise slowly up into the skyA
To shine there everlastinglyD2
Like stars over the bounding hillD2
The epoch ends the world is still blockquote Thundering and burstingL
In torrents in wavesM
Carolling and shoutingL
Over tombs amid gravesM
See on the cumber'd plainD
Clearing a stageH2
Scattering the past aboutS
Comes the new ageH2
Bards make new poemsM
Thinkers new schoolsM
Statesmen new systemsM
Critics new rulesM
All things begin againC
Life is their prizeM
Earth with their deeds they fillD2
Fill with their criesM
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Poet what ails thee thenC
Say why so muteU
Forth with thy praising voiceM
Forth with thy fluteU
Loiterer why sittest thouC2
Sunk in thy dreamJ2
Tempts not the bright new ageH2
Shines not its streamJ2
Look ah what geniusM
Art science witK2
Soldiers like CaesarL2
Statesmen like PittK2
Sculptors like PhidiasM
Raphaels in shoalsM
Poets like ShakespeareM2
Beautiful soulsM
See on their glowing cheeksM
Heavenly the flushY
Ah so the silence wasM
So was the hushY
blockquote The world but feels the present's spellD2
The poet feels the past as wellD2
Whatever men have done might doN2
Whatever thought might think it tooN2

Matthew Arnold



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