At Cashel Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FFGHH IIJJJABOVE me stand worn from their ancient use | A |
The King's the Bishop's and the Warrior's house | B |
Quiet as folds upon a grassy knoll | C |
Stark grey they stand wall joined to ancient wall | D |
Chapel and Castle and Cathedral | E |
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It is not they are old but stone by stone | F |
Into another lifetime they have grown | F |
The life of memories an old man has | G |
They dream upon what things have come to pass | H |
And know that stones grow friendly with the grass | H |
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The name has crumbled CASHEL that has come | I |
From conqueror challenging CASTELLUM | I |
Walls m a name No citadel is here | J |
Now as a fane the empty walls uprear | J |
Where green and greener grass spreads far and near | J |
Padraic Colum
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