The River And The Road Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGHIHAJAK ALALADADCKCMJNJNOPOP QRMMQSMMAHAHCTCT

THE merrymaking's overA
The riverside is stillB
The Sun a radiant roverA
Gone down behind the hillB
The red Road goes awindingC
Along the riversideD
The River no man mindingC
Winds on to meet the tideD
O Naiad of green placesE
I pray you pause and sayF
How many pretty facesE
Looked down on you to dayF
The River runs in silenceG
A fern frond is her loadH
Just here and just a mile henceI
She curves to kiss the roadH
And now the kiss is overA
And now the tryst is doneJ
By flats of fern and cloverA
The River ripples onK
Again the Road turns to herA
Red winding through the greenL
The Road would pause and woo herA
But gray rocks stand betweenL
And here he rounds a boulderA
And hurries to her sideD
The River turns her shoulderA
She will not be his brideD
O fickle River strayingC
Through green lands on and onK
A fern tree heard you sayingC
'The Road will come anon 'M
Not so but you will wakenJ
To lonely days and soreN
The Road a vow has takenJ
To play Love's fool no moreN
On high the sunset lingersO
With one still star aboveP
And there the merry singersO
Sing silverly of LoveP
And now in distance dewyQ
They halt awhile and soR
Wave hands with 'Coo ee Coo ee 'M
Ho laggard down below 'M
If she should cease to worryQ
And say 'I love but you'S
'O hurry hurry hurry 'M
And 'Adieu Adieu Adieu 'M
This one last chance I give herA
To lighten my heart's loadH
And if she play the RiverA
Then I shall prove the RoadH
I caught her heard her sighingC
And felt the moment's charmT
'Tis sweet when day is dyingC
To walk so arm in armT

Roderic Quinn



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