Idleness Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAA BCBC DBBB ECEC FGHG IJIJ BKBK ACAC| O idleness too fond of me | A |
| Begone I know and hate thee | A |
| Nothing canst thou of pleasure see | A |
| In one that so doth rate thee | A |
| - | |
| For empty are both mind and heart | B |
| While thou with me dost linger | C |
| More profit would to thee impart | B |
| A babe that sucks its finger | C |
| - | |
| I know thou hast a better way | D |
| To spend these hours thou squand'rest | B |
| Some lad toils in the trough to day | B |
| Who groans because thou wand'rest | B |
| - | |
| A bleating sheep he dowses now | E |
| Or wrestles with ram's terror | C |
| Ah 'mid the washing's hubbub how | E |
| His sighs reproach thine error | C |
| - | |
| He knows and loves thee Idleness | F |
| For when his sheep are browsing | G |
| His open eyes enchant and bless | H |
| A mind divinely drowsing | G |
| - | |
| No slave to sleep he wills and sees | I |
| From hill lawns the brown tillage | J |
| Green winding lanes and clumps of trees | I |
| Far town or nearer village | J |
| - | |
| The sea itself the fishing feet | B |
| Where more thine idle lovers | K |
| Heark'ning to sea mews find thee sweet | B |
| Like him who hears the plovers | K |
| - | |
| Begone those haul their ropes at sea | A |
| These plunge sheep in yon river | C |
| Free free from toil thy friends and me | A |
| From Idleness deliver | C |
Thomas Sturge Moore
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About Idleness
Idleness is a poem by Thomas Sturge Moore. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about Idleness poem by Thomas Sturge Moore
Best Poems of Thomas Sturge Moore