Resurrection Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ EEEE ABAB| Sometimes in morning sunlights by the river | A |
| Where in the early fall long grasses wave | B |
| Light winds from over the moorland sink and shiver | A |
| And sigh as if just blown across a grave | B |
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| And then I pause and listen to this sighing | C |
| I look with strange eyes on the well known stream | D |
| I hear wild birth cries uttered by the dying | C |
| I know men waking who appear to dream | D |
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| Then from the water lilies slow uprises | E |
| The still vast face of all the life I know | F |
| Changed now and full of wonders and surprises | E |
| With fire in eyes that once were glazed with snow | F |
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| Fair now the brows old Pain had erewhile wrinkled | G |
| And peace and strength about the calm mouth dwell | H |
| Clean of the ashes that Repentance sprinkled | G |
| The meek head poises like a flower bell | H |
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| All the old scars of wanton wars are vanished | I |
| And what blue bruises grappling Sense had left | J |
| And sad remains of redder stains are banished | I |
| And the dim blotch of heart committed theft | J |
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| O still vast vision of transfigured features | E |
| Unvisited by secret crimes or dooms | E |
| Remain remain amid these water creatures | E |
| Stand shine among yon water lily blooms | E |
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| For eighteen centuries ripple down the river | A |
| And windy times the stalks of empires wave | B |
| Let the winds come from the moor and sigh and shiver | A |
| Fain fain am I O Christ to pass the grave | B |
Sidney Lanier
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