Stonehenge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK MJNB OPPP DLQL| Gaunt on the cloudy plain | A |
| Stand the great Stones | B |
| Dwarfed in the vast reach | C |
| Of a sky that owns | B |
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| All the measure of earth | D |
| Within its cloud hung cave | E |
| Dumb stands the Circle | F |
| As on a God's grave | E |
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| But clattering with horses | G |
| Up from the valley | H |
| With horses and horsemen | I |
| At a trot gaily | H |
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| Dragging the limbered guns | J |
| Youth comes riding | K |
| Easy sits mettlesome | L |
| Horses bestriding | K |
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| Fast come the twinkling hoofs | M |
| Light wheels and guns | J |
| Invading the upland | N |
| And sweep past the Stones | B |
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| Giant those shapes now | O |
| Over them tower | P |
| Time's dark stature | P |
| Over Youth's fleet hour | P |
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| Ribs of dismemoried Earth | D |
| Guard what you may | L |
| The Immortals also | Q |
| Pass nor stay | L |
Robert Laurence Binyon
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