Overlooking The River Stour Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCAB DEEDDE EFFEEF GHHGGH| The swallows flew in the curves of an eight | A |
| Above the river gleam | B |
| In the wet June's last beam | B |
| Like little crossbows animate | C |
| The swallows flew in the curves of an eight | A |
| Above the river gleam | B |
| - | |
| Planing up shavings of crystal spray | D |
| A moor hen darted out | E |
| From the bank thereabout | E |
| And through the stream shine ripped his way | D |
| Planing up shavings of crystal spray | D |
| A moor hen darted out | E |
| - | |
| Closed were the kingcups and the mead | E |
| Dripped in monotonous green | F |
| Though the day's morning sheen | F |
| Had shown it golden and honeybee'd | E |
| Closed were the kingcups and the mead | E |
| Dripped in monotonous green | F |
| - | |
| And never I turned my head alack | G |
| While these things met my gaze | H |
| Through the pane's drop drenched glaze | H |
| To see the more behind my back | G |
| O never I turned but let alack | G |
| These less things hold my gaze | H |
Thomas Hardy
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