Miyajima Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGHI JJKK| All paths lead upward to the sky | A |
| In this green isle which mounts on high | A |
| Through slumbrous valleys veiled in light | B |
| From waters dancing blue and bright | B |
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| And on those leafy paths appear | C |
| Delicately stepping deer | C |
| That move in wild and silent grace | D |
| The very spirits of the place | D |
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| Whether by old pine roots they stand | E |
| Or print small hoof marks on sea sand | E |
| Their liquid eyes their gentle tread | F |
| Are innocent of human dread | F |
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| Beneath the ancient boughs they seem | G |
| Strayed from the memory or the dream | G |
| Or hope of man the Golden Age | H |
| His unrecovered heritage | I |
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| This sacred isle has banished death | J |
| And yet I would that my last breath | J |
| Might amid ocean murmur cease | K |
| On such an isle in such a peace | K |
Robert Laurence Binyon
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