Eden In Winter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDEDCFGF HGIGJKLKMHNHOPGP QRSRTUVU WTXTDYZYA2B2 C2B2D2YJY E2F2G2F2H2I2J2I2K2L2 M2L2 JN2O2N2N2P2Q2P2 R2SS2SG2T2TT2K2U2V2U 2| Supposed to be chanted to some rude instrument | A |
| at a modern fireplace | B |
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| Chant we the story now | C |
| Tho' in a house we sleep | D |
| Tho' by a hearth of coals | E |
| Vigil to night we keep | D |
| Chant we the story now | C |
| Of the vague love we knew | F |
| When I from out the sea | G |
| Rose to the feet of you | F |
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| Bird from the cliffs you came | H |
| Flew thro' the snow to me | G |
| Facing the icy blast | I |
| There by the icy sea | G |
| How did I reach your feet | J |
| Why should I at the end | K |
| Hold out half frozen hands | L |
| Dumbly to you my friend | K |
| Ne'er had I woman seen | M |
| Ne'er had I seen a flame | H |
| There you piled fagots on | N |
| Heat rose the blast to tame | H |
| There by the cave door dark | O |
| Comforting me you cried | P |
| Wailed o'er my wounded knee | G |
| Wept for my rock torn side | P |
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| Up from the South I trailed | Q |
| Left regions fierce and fair | R |
| Left all the jungle trees | S |
| Left the red tiger's lair | R |
| Dream led I scarce knew why | T |
| Into your North I trod | U |
| Ne'er had I known the snow | V |
| Or the frost blasted sod | U |
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| O how the flakes came down | W |
| O how the fire burned high | T |
| Strange thing to see he was | X |
| Thro' his dry twigs would fly | T |
| Creep there awhile and sleep | D |
| Then wake and bark for fight | Y |
| Biting if I too near | Z |
| Came to his eye so bright | Y |
| Then with a will you fed | A2 |
| Wood to his hungry tongue | B2 |
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| Then he did leap and sing | C2 |
| Dancing the clouds among | B2 |
| Turning the night to noon | D2 |
| Stinging my eyes with light | Y |
| Making the snow retreat | J |
| Making the cave house bright | Y |
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| There were dry fagots piled | E2 |
| Nuts and dry leaves and roots | F2 |
| Stores there of furs and hides | G2 |
| Sweet barks and grains and fruits | F2 |
| There wrapped in fur we lay | H2 |
| Half burned half frozen still | I2 |
| Ne'er will my soul forget | J2 |
| All the night's bitter chill | I2 |
| We had not learned to speak | K2 |
| I was to you a strange | L2 |
| Wolfling or wounded fawn | M2 |
| Lost from his forest range | L2 |
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| Thirsting for bloody meat | J |
| Out at the dawn we went | N2 |
| Weighed with our prey at eve | O2 |
| Home came we all forespent | N2 |
| Comrades and hunters tried | N2 |
| Ere we were maid and man | P2 |
| Not till the spring awoke | Q2 |
| Laughter and speech began | P2 |
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| Whining like forest dogs | R2 |
| Rustling like budding trees | S |
| Bubbling like thawing springs | S2 |
| Humming like little bees | S |
| Crooning like Maytime tides | G2 |
| Chattering parrot words | T2 |
| Crying the panther's cry | T |
| Chirping like mating birds | T2 |
| Thus thus we learned to speak | K2 |
| Who mid the snows were dumb | U2 |
| Nor did we learn to kiss | V2 |
| Until the Spring had come | U2 |
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