The Song Of Callicles Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DCEC FGHG IJKJ LLLL MNMN LOPO MQRQ LSTU TVLV TWPW PSLS LXLX| Through the black rushing smoke bursts | A |
| Thick breaks the red flame | B |
| All Etna heaves fiercely | C |
| Her forest clothed frame | B |
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| Not here O Apollo | D |
| Are haunts meet for thee | C |
| But where Helicon breaks down | E |
| In cliff to the sea | C |
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| Where the moon silver'd inlets | F |
| Send far their light voice | G |
| Up the still vale of Thisbe | H |
| O speed and rejoice | G |
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| On the sward at the cliff top | I |
| Lie strewn the white flocks | J |
| On the cliff side the pigeons | K |
| Roost deep in the rocks | J |
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| In the moonlight the shepherds | L |
| Soft lull'd by the rills | L |
| Lie wrapt in their blankets | L |
| Asleep on the hills | L |
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| What forms are these coming | M |
| So white through the gloom | N |
| What garments out glistening | M |
| The gold flower'd broom | N |
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| What sweet breathing Presence | L |
| Out perfumes the thyme | O |
| What voices enrapture | P |
| The night's balmy prime | O |
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| 'Tis Apollo comes leading | M |
| His choir The Nine | Q |
| The Leader is fairest | R |
| But all are divine | Q |
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| They are lost in the hollows | L |
| They stream up again | S |
| What seeks on this mountain | T |
| The glorified train | U |
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| They bathe on this mountain | T |
| In the spring by their road | V |
| Then on to Olympus | L |
| Their endless abode | V |
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| Whose praise do they mention | T |
| Of what is it told | W |
| What will be for ever | P |
| What was from of old | W |
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| First hymn they the Father | P |
| Of all things and then | S |
| The rest of Immortals | L |
| The action of men | S |
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| The Day in his hotness | L |
| The strife with the palm | X |
| The Night in her silence | L |
| The Stars in their calm | X |
Matthew Arnold
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