Babylon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEFGGCCCCHHII JJKFELLMMNNFF| The child alone a poet is | A |
| Spring and Fairyland are his | A |
| Truth and Reason show but dim | B |
| And all's poetry with him | B |
| Rhyme and music flow in plenty | C |
| For the lad of one and twenty | C |
| But Spring for him is no more now | D |
| Than daisies to a munching cow | D |
| Just a cheery pleasant season | E |
| Daisy buds to live at ease on | F |
| He's forgotten how he smiled | G |
| And shrieked at snowdrops when a child | G |
| Or wept one evening secretly | C |
| For April's glorious misery | C |
| Wisdom made him old and wary | C |
| Banishing the Lords of Faery | C |
| Wisdom made a breach and battered | H |
| Babylon to bits she scattered | H |
| To the hedges and ditches | I |
| All our nursery gnomes and witches | I |
| Lob and Puck poor frantic elves | J |
| Drag their treasures from the shelves | J |
| Jack the Giant killer's gone | K |
| Mother Goose and Oberon | F |
| Bluebeard and King Solomon | E |
| Robin and Red Riding Hood | L |
| Take together to the wood | L |
| And Sir Galahad lies hid | M |
| In a cave with Captain Kidd | M |
| None of all the magic hosts | N |
| None remain but a few ghosts | N |
| Of timorous heart to linger on | F |
| Weeping for lost Babylon | F |
Robert Von Ranke Graves
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