The Prairie Battlements Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEFGF GHGIJCEC KLGLMCDCNFEF| To Edgar Lee Masters with great respect | A |
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| Here upon the prairie | B |
| Is our ancestral hall | C |
| Agate is the dome | D |
| Cornelian the wall | C |
| Ghouls are in the cellar | E |
| But fays upon the stairs | F |
| And here lived old King Silver Dreams | G |
| Always at his prayers | F |
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| Here lived grey Queen Silver Dreams | G |
| Always singing psalms | H |
| And haughty Grandma Silver Dreams | G |
| Throned with folded palms | I |
| Here played cousin Alice | J |
| Her soul was best of all | C |
| And every fairy loved her | E |
| In our ancestral hall | C |
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| Alice has a prairie grave | K |
| The King and Queen lie low | L |
| And aged Grandma Silver Dreams | G |
| Four tombstones in a row | L |
| But still in snow and sunshine | M |
| Stands our ancestral hall | C |
| Agate is the dome | D |
| Cornelian the wall | C |
| And legends walk about | N |
| And proverbs with proud airs | F |
| Ghouls are in the cellar | E |
| But fays upon the stairs | F |
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