Owl Against Robin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDE EEFFFGGDDHH IIJJJKKLLMMNNOOIIPPQ RSS TTUUHHVVWWXXXXYYZZVV A2A2B2B2IIIIC2C2D2D2 E2

Frowning the owl in the oak complained himA
Sore that the song of the robin restrained himA
Wrongly of slumber rudely of restB
From the north from the east from the south and the westB
Woodland wheat field corn field cloverC
Over and over and over and overC
Five o'clock ten o'clock twelve or sevenD
Nothing but robin songs heard under heavenD
How can we sleepE
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'Peep ' you whistle and 'cheep cheep cheep '-
Oh peep if you will and buy if 'tis cheapE
And have done for an owl must sleepE
Are ye singing for fame and who shall be firstF
Each day's the same yet the last is worstF
And the summer is cursed with the silly outburstF
Of idiot red breasts peeping and cheepingG
By day when all honest birds ought to be sleepingG
Lord what a din And so out of all reasonD
Have ye not heard that each thing hath its seasonD
Night is to work in night is for play timeH
Good heavens not day timeH
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A vulgar flaunt is the flaring dayI
The impudent hot unsparing dayI
That leaves not a stain nor a secret untoldJ
Day the reporter the gossip of oldJ
Deformity's tease man's common scoldJ
Poh Shut the eyes let the sense go numbK
When day down the eastern way has comeK
'Tis clear as the moon by the argument drawnL
From Design that the world should retire at dawnL
Day kills The leaf and the laborer breatheM
Death in the sun the cities seetheM
The mortal black marshes bubble with heatN
And puff up pestilence nothing is sweetN
Has to do with the sun even virtue will taintO
Philosophers say and manhood grow faintO
In the lands where the villainous sun has swayI
Through the livelong drag of the dreadful dayI
What Eden but noon light stares it tameP
Shadowless brazen forsaken of shameP
For the sun tells lies on the landscape nowQ
Reports me the 'what' unrelieved with the 'how'R
As messengers lie with the facts aloneS
Delivering the word and withholding the toneS
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But oh the sweetness and oh the lightT
Of the high fastidious nightT
Oh to awake with the wise old starsU
The cultured the careful the Chesterfield starsU
That wink at the work a day fact of crimeH
And shine so rich through the ruins of timeH
That Baalbec is finer than London ohV
To sit on the bough that zigzags lowV
By the woodland poolW
And loudly laugh at man the foolW
That vows to the vulgar sun oh rareX
To wheel from the wood to the window whereX
A day worn sleeper is dreaming of careX
And perch on the sill and straightly stareX
Through his visions rare to sailY
Aslant with the hill and a curve with the valeY
To flit down the shadow shot with gleamZ
Betwixt hanging leaves and starlit streamZ
Hither thither to and froV
Silent aimless dayless slowV
'Aimless Field mice ' True they're slainA2
But the night philosophy hoots at painA2
Grips eats quick and drops the bonesB2
In the water beneath the bough nor moansB2
At the death life feeds on Robin prayI
Come away come awayI
To the cultus of night Abandon the dayI
Have more to think and have less to sayI
And CANNOT you walk now Bah don't hopC2
StopC2
Look at the owl scarce seen scarce heardD2
O irritant iterant maddening birdD2
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BaltimoreE2

Sidney Lanier



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