Ode To The Moon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCBBCCEFFE A GHHGIGIJKJJK A LMMLLNNONPOPP CACAFQRQFSRRS TUVWXWYXUY A Z Z Z ZZZZ A AVAVVA2ZB2ZA2B2

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Mother of light how fairly dost thou goB
Over those hoary crests divinely ledC
Art thou that huntress of the silver bowD
Fabled of old Or rather dost thou treadC
Those cloudy summits thence to gaze belowB
Like the wild Chamois from her Alpine snowB
Where hunter never climb'd secure from dreadC
How many antique fancies have I readC
Of that mild presence and how many wroughtE
Wondrous and brightF
Upon the silver lightF
Chasing fair figures with the artist ThoughtE
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IIA
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What art thou like Sometimes I see thee rideG
A far bound galley on its perilous wayH
Whilst breezy waves toss up their silvery sprayH
Sometimes behold thee glideG
Cluster'd by all thy family of starsI
Like a lone widow through the welkin wideG
Whose pallid cheek the midnight sorrow marsI
Sometimes I watch thee on from steep to steepJ
Timidly lighted by thy vestal torchK
Till in some Latmian cave I see thee creepJ
To catch the young Endymion asleepJ
Leaving thy splendor at the jagged porchK
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IIIA
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Oh thou art beautiful howe'er it beL
Huntress or Dian or whatever namedM
And he the veriest Pagan that first framedM
A silver idol and ne'er worshipp'd theeL
It is too late or thou should'st have my kneeL
Too late now for the old Ephesian vowsN
And not divine the crescent on thy browsN
Yet call thee nothing but the mere mild MoonO
Behind those chestnut boughsN
Casting their dappled shadows at my feetP
I will be grateful for that simple boonO
In many a thoughtful verse and anthem sweetP
And bless thy dainty face when'er we meetP
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IV-
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In nights far gone ay far away and deadC
Before Care fretted with a lidless eyeA
I was thy wooer on my little bedC
Letting the early hours of rest go byA
To see thee flood the heaven with milky lightF
And feed thy snow white swans before I sleptQ
For thou wert then purveyor of my dreamsR
Thou wert the fairies' armourer that keptQ
Their burnish'd helms and crowns and corslets brightF
Their spears and glittering mailsS
And ever thou didst spill in winding streamsR
Sparkles and midnight gleamsR
For fishes to new gloss their ardent scalesS
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V-
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Why sighs why creeping tears why clasped handsT
Is it to count the boy's expended dow'rU
That fairies since have broke their gifted wandsV
That young Delight like any o'erblown flowerW
Gave one by one its sweet leaves to the groundX
Why then fair Moon for all thou mark'st no hourW
Thou art a sadder dial to old TimeY
Than ever I have foundX
On sunny garden plot or moss grown tow'rU
Motto'd with stern and melancholy rhymeY
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VIA
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Why should I grieve for this Oh I must yearnZ
Whilst Time conspirator with Memory-
Keeps his cold ashes in an ancient urnZ
Richly emboss'd with childhood's revelry-
With leaves and cluster'd fruits and flow'rs eterneZ
Eternal to the world though not to me-
Aye there will those brave sports and blossoms be-
The deathless wreath and undecay'd festoonZ
When I am hearsed withinZ
Less than the pallid primrose to the MoonZ
That now she watches through a vapor thinZ
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VIIA
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So let it be Before I lived to sighA
Thou wert in Avon and a thousand rillsV
Beautiful Orb and so whene'er I lieA
Trodden thou wilt be gazing from thy hillsV
Blest be thy loving light where'er it spillsV
And bless d thy fair face O Mother mildA2
Still shine the soul of rivers as they runZ
Still lend thy lonely lamp to lovers fondB2
And blend their plighted shadows into oneZ
Still smile at even on the bedded childA2
And close his eyelids with thy silver wandB2

Thomas Hood



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