The Two Keys Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEF GHIH AJAF KLKL MNMN OCPC QRQR STST UVUV WAWA MXMF EJEF GYIZ A2NA2N B2C2B2C2 D2E2D2E2 DF2DF2 G2XG2XH2DH2D D2DD2D NRNR I2DI2D RJ2RJ2K2LK2L L2M2L2N2 O2P2O2P2 AG2AQ2 MDMDThere was a Boy long years ago | A |
Who hour by hour awake would lie | B |
And watch the white moon gliding slow | A |
Along her pathway in the sky | B |
And every night as thus he lay | C |
Entranced in lonely fantasy | D |
Borne swiftly on a bright moon ray | C |
There came to him a Golden Key | D |
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And with that Golden Key the Boy | E |
Oped every night a magic door | F |
That to a melody of Joy | E |
Turned on its hinges evermore | F |
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Then trembling with delight and awe | G |
When he the charm d threshold crossed | H |
A radiant corridor he saw | I |
Its end in dazzling distance lost | H |
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Great windows shining in a row | A |
Lit up the wondrous corridor | J |
And each its own rich light did throw | A |
In stream resplendent on the floor | F |
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One window showed the Boy a scene | K |
Within a forest old and dim | L |
Where fairies danced upon the green | K |
And kissed their little hands to him | L |
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Sweet strains of elfin harp and horn | M |
He heard so clearly sounding there | N |
And he to Wonderland was borne | M |
And breathed its soft enchanted air | N |
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Then passing onward with the years | O |
He turned his back on Elf and Fay | C |
And sadly sweet as if in tears | P |
The fairy music died away | C |
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The second window held him long | Q |
It looked upon a field of fight | R |
Whereon the countless hordes of Wrong | Q |
Fought fiercely with the friends of Right | R |
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And lo upon that fateful field | S |
Where cannon thundered banners streamed | T |
And rushing squadrons rocked and reeled | S |
His sword a star of battle gleamed | T |
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And when the hordes of Wrong lay still | U |
And that great fight was fought and won | V |
He stood bright eyed upon a hill | U |
His white plume shining in the sun | V |
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A glorious vision yet behind | W |
He left it with its scarlet glow | A |
And faint and far upon the wind | W |
He heard the martial trumpets blow | A |
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For to his listening ear was borne | M |
A music more entrancing far | X |
Than strains of elfin harp or horn | M |
More thrilling than the trump of war | F |
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No longer as a dreamy boy | E |
He trod the radiant corridor | J |
His young man s heart presaged a joy | E |
More dear than all the joys of yore | F |
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To that third window half in awe | G |
He moved and slowly raised his eyes | Y |
And was it earth grown young he saw | I |
Or was it man s lost Paradise | Z |
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For all the flowers that ever bloomed | A2 |
Upon the earth and all the rare | N |
Sweet Loveliness by Time entombed | A2 |
Seemed blushing blooming glowing there | N |
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And every mellow throated bird | B2 |
That ever sang the trees among | C2 |
Seemed singing there with one sweet word | B2 |
Love Love on every little tongue | C2 |
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Then he by turns grew rosy red | D2 |
And he by turns grew passion pale | E2 |
Sweet Love the lark sang overhead | D2 |
Sweet Love sang Love s own nightingale | E2 |
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In mid heart of the hawthorn tree | D |
The thrush sang all its buds to bloom | F2 |
Love Love Love Love Sweet Love sang he | D |
Amidst the soft green sun flecked gloom | F2 |
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She stood upon a lilied lawn | G2 |
With dreamful eyes that gazed afar | X |
A maiden tender as the Dawn | G2 |
And lovely as the Morning Star | X |
She stooped and kissed him on the brow | H2 |
And in a low sweet voice said she | D |
I am this country s queen and thou | H2 |
I am thy vassal murmured he | D |
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She hid him with her hair gold red | D2 |
That flowed like sunshine to her knee | D |
She kissed him on the lips and said | D2 |
Dear heart I ve waited long for thee | D |
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And oh she was so fair so fair | N |
So gracious was her beauty bright | R |
Around her the enamoured air | N |
Pulsed tremulously with delight | R |
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In passionate melody did melt | I2 |
Bird voices scent of flower and tree | D |
And he within his bosom felt | I2 |
The piercing thorn of ecstasy | D |
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The years passed by in dark and light | R |
In storm and shine the man grew old | J2 |
Yet never more by day or night | R |
There came to him the Key of Gold | J2 |
But ever ere the great sun flowers | K2 |
In gold above the sky s blue rim | L |
All in the dark and lonely hours | K2 |
There comes an Iron Key to him | L |
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And with that key he opes a wide | L2 |
And gloomy door the Door of Fate | M2 |
That makes whene er it swings aside | L2 |
A music sad and desolate | N2 |
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A music sad from saddest source | O2 |
He sees beside the doorway set | P2 |
The chill gray figure of Remorse | O2 |
The pale cold image of Regret | P2 |
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For all the glory and the glow | A |
Of Life are passed and dead and gone | G2 |
The Light and Life of Long Ago | A |
Are memories only moonlight wan | Q2 |
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There is no man of woman born | M |
So brave so good so wise but he | D |
Must sometimes in a night forlorn | M |
Take up and use the Iron Key | D |
Victor James Daley
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