East And West Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA ABB CDE DED| In the bare midst of Anglesey they show | A |
| Two springs which close by one another play | B |
| And 'Thirteen hundred years agone ' they say | B |
| 'Two saints met often where those waters flow | A |
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| 'One came from Penmon westward and a glow | A |
| 'Whiten'd his face from the sun's fronting ray | B |
| 'Eastward the other from the dying day | B |
| 'And he with unsunn'd face did always go ' | - |
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| Seiriol the Bright Kybi the Dark men said | C |
| The Se r from the East was then in light | D |
| The Se r from the West was then in shade | E |
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| Ah now 'tis changed In conquering sunshine bright | D |
| The man of the bold West now comes array'd | E |
| He of the mystic East is touch'd with night | D |
Matthew Arnold
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