August Moonlight Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB BDED FGCG HBIB BCJC| The solemn light behind the barns | A |
| The rising moon the cricket's call | B |
| The August night and you and I | C |
| What is the meaning of it all | B |
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| Has it a meaning after all | B |
| Or is it one of Nature's lies | D |
| That net of beauty that she casts | E |
| Over Life's unsuspecting eyes | D |
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| That web of beauty that she weaves | F |
| For one strange purpose of her own | G |
| For this the painted butterfly | C |
| For this the rose for this alone | G |
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| Strange repetition of the rose | H |
| And strange reiterated call | B |
| Of bird and insect man and maid | I |
| Is that the meaning of it all | B |
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| If it means nothing after all | B |
| And nothing lives except to die | C |
| It is enough that solemn light | J |
| Behind the barns and you and I | C |
Richard Le Gallienne
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