On The Rhine Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBBA CDDDC EFFFE GHHHG IBBBI| Vain is the effort to forget | A |
| Some day I shall be cold I know | B |
| As is the eternal moon lit snow | B |
| Of the high Alps to which I go | B |
| But ah not yet not yet | A |
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| Vain is the agony of grief | C |
| 'Tis true indeed an iron knot | D |
| Ties straitly up from mine thy lot | D |
| And were it snapt thou lov'st me not | D |
| But is despair relief | C |
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| Awhile let me with thought have done | E |
| And as this brimm'd unwrinkled Rhine | F |
| And that far purple mountain line | F |
| Lie sweetly in the look divine | F |
| Of the slow sinking sun | E |
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| So let me lie and calm as they | G |
| Let beam upon my inward view | H |
| Those eyes of deep soft lucent hue | H |
| Eyes too expressive to be blue | H |
| Too lovely to be grey | G |
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| Ah Quiet all things feel thy balm | I |
| Those blue hills too this river's flow | B |
| Were restless once but long ago | B |
| Tam'd is their turbulent youthful glow | B |
| Their joy is in their calm | I |
Matthew Arnold
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