A Vision Of Youth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE FGFG HIHI JKJK LMLM GNGN BOBOPQPQ JLJL RJRJOBOBA horseman on a hilltop green | A |
Drew rein and wound his horn | B |
So bright he looked he might have been | C |
The Herald of the Morn | B |
His steed was of the sovran strain | D |
In Fancy s meadows bred | E |
And pride was in his tossing mane | D |
And triumph in his tread | E |
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The rider s eyes like jewels glowed | F |
The World was in his hand | G |
As down the woodland way he rode | F |
When Spring was in the land | G |
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From golden hour to golden hour | H |
For him the woodland sang | I |
And from the heart of every flower | H |
A singing fairy sprang | I |
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He rode along with rein so free | J |
And as he rode the Blue | K |
Mysterious Bird of Fantasy | J |
Ever before him flew | K |
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He rode by cot and castle dim | L |
Through all the greenland gay | M |
Bright eyes through casements glanced at him | L |
He laughed and rode away | M |
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The world with sunshine was aflood | G |
And glad were maid and man | N |
And through his throbbing veins the blood | G |
In keen sweet shudders ran | N |
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His steed tossed head with fiery scorn | B |
And stamped and snuffed the air | O |
As though he heard a sudden horn | B |
Of far off battle blare | O |
Erect the rider sat awhile | P |
With flashing eyes and then | Q |
Turned slowly sighing with a smile | P |
weary world of men | Q |
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For aye the Bird of Fantasy | J |
Sang magic songs to him | L |
And deeper and deeper still rode he | J |
Into the Forest Dim | L |
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That rider with his face aglow | R |
With joy of life I see | J |
In dreams Ah years and years ago | R |
He parted ways with me | J |
Yet sometimes when the days are drear | O |
And all the world forlorn | B |
From out the dim wood s heart I hear | O |
The echo of his horn | B |
Victor James Daley
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