To Jane: The Recollection Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDBEDEC AFGHGIJIJKLKM ANOPOQRSRITIT UVWXWYZA2ZB2OB2OWUWU UVUC2 UACAD2E2JE2JZVZVF2NF 2G2UH2UH2SD2QD2I2HHH AHAHHH2HH2

IA
Now the last day of many daysB
All beautiful and bright as thouC
The loveliest and the last is deadD
Rise Memory and write its praiseB
Up to thy wonted work come traceE
The epitaph of glory fledD
For now the Earth has changed its faceE
A frown is on the Heaven s browC
-
IIA
We wandered to the Pine ForestF
That skirts the Ocean s foamG
The lightest wind was in its nestH
The tempest in its homeG
The whispering waves were half asleepI
The clouds were gone to playJ
And on the bosom of the deepI
The smile of Heaven layJ
It seemed as if the hour were oneK
Sent from beyond the skiesL
Which scattered from above the sunK
A light of ParadiseM
-
IIIA
We paused amid the pines that stoodN
The giants of the wasteO
Tortured by storms to shapes as rudeP
As serpents interlacedO
And soothed by every azure breathQ
That under Heaven is blownR
To harmonies and hues beneathS
As tender as its ownR
Now all the tree tops lay asleepI
Like green waves on the seaT
As still as in the silent deepI
The ocean woods may beT
-
IVU
How calm it was the silence thereV
By such a chain was boundW
That even the busy woodpeckerX
Made stiller by her soundW
The inviolable quietnessY
The breath of peace we drewZ
With its soft motion made not lessA2
The calm that round us grewZ
There seemed from the remotest seatB2
Of the white mountain wasteO
To the soft flower beneath our feetB2
A magic circle tracedO
A spirit interfused aroundW
A thrilling silent lifeU
To momentary peace it boundW
Our mortal nature s strifeU
And still I felt the centre ofU
The magic circle thereV
Was one fair form that filled with loveU
The lifeless atmosphereC2
-
VU
We paused beside the pools that lieA
Under the forest boughC
Each seemed as twere a little skyA
Gulfed in a world belowD2
A firmament of purple lightE2
Which in the dark earth layJ
More boundless than the depth of nightE2
And purer than the dayJ
In which the lovely forests grewZ
As in the upper airV
More perfect both in shape and hueZ
Than any spreading thereV
There lay the glade and neighbouring lawnF2
And through the dark green woodN
The white sun twinkling like the dawnF2
Out of a speckled cloudG2
Sweet views which in our world aboveU
Can never well be seenH2
Were imaged by the water s loveU
Of that fair forest greenH2
And all was interfused beneathS
With an Elysian glowD2
An atmosphere without a breathQ
A softer day belowD2
Like one beloved the scene had lentI2
To the dark water s breastH
Its every leaf and lineamentH
With more than truth expressedH
Until an envious wind crept byA
Like an unwelcome thoughtH
Which from the mind s too faithful eyeA
Blots one dear image outH
Though thou art ever fair and kindH
The forests ever greenH2
Less oft is peace in Shelley s mindH
Than calm in waters seenH2

Percy Bysshe Shelley



Rate:
(1)



Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme

Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation


Write your comment about To Jane: The Recollection poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley


 

Recent Interactions*

This poem was read 1 times,

This poem was added to the favorite list by 0 members,

This poem was voted by 0 members.

(* Interactions only in the last 7 days)

New Poems

Popular Poets