In The Wilderness Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHGH CAAA IHFH JEDE CKJKAlone in desert dreary | A |
A bird with folded wings | B |
Beholds the waste about her | C |
And sweetly sweetly sings | B |
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So heaven sweet her singing | D |
So clear the bird notes flow | E |
'Twould seem the rocks must waken | F |
The desert vibrant grow | E |
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Dead rocks and silent mountains | G |
Would'st waken with thy strain | H |
But dumb are still the mountains | G |
And dead the rocks remain | H |
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For whom O heavenly singer | C |
Thy song so clear and free | A |
Who hears or sees or heeds thee | A |
Who feels or cares for thee | A |
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Thou may'st outpour in music | I |
Thy very soul 'Twere vain | H |
In stone thou canst not waken | F |
A throb of joy or pain | H |
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Thy song shall soon be silenced | J |
I feel it For I know | E |
Thy heart is near to bursting | D |
With loneliness and woe | E |
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Ah vain is thine endeavor | C |
It naught availeth nay | K |
For lonely as thou camest | J |
So shalt thou pass away | K |
Morris Rosenfeld
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