Zara, The Bather Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CCDEEF GHIJKI LLMNNM AAOPPO QQRCCR SSAAAA TTAUUA VVWXXW DDYZZY KKIAAI SSDSSD A2A2B2DDB2 C2C2D2WWD2 UUIDDE2 IIDSSD SSDIID IIDIID F2F2DDDD SSG2AAG2 S| Sara belle d'indolence | A |
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| XIX August | B |
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| In a swinging hammock lying | C |
| Lightly flying | C |
| Zara lovely indolent | D |
| O'er a fountain's crystal wave | E |
| There to lave | E |
| Her young beauty see her bent | F |
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| As she leans so sweet and soft | G |
| Flitting oft | H |
| O'er the mirror to and fro | I |
| Seems that airy floating bat | J |
| Like a feather | K |
| From some sea gull's wing of snow | I |
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| Every time the frail boat laden | L |
| With the maiden | L |
| Skims the water in its flight | M |
| Starting from its trembling sheen | N |
| Swift are seen | N |
| A white foot and neck so white | M |
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| As that lithe foot's timid tips | A |
| Quick she dips | A |
| Passing in the rippling pool | O |
| Blush oh snowiest ivory | P |
| Frolic she | P |
| Laughs to feel the pleasant cool | O |
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| Here displayed but half concealed | Q |
| Half revealed | Q |
| Each bright charm shall you behold | R |
| In her innocence emerging | C |
| As a verging | C |
| On the wave her hands grow cold | R |
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| For no star howe'er divine | S |
| Has the shine | S |
| Of a maid's pure loveliness | A |
| Frightened if a leaf but quivers | A |
| As she shivers | A |
| Veiled with naught but dripping trees | A |
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| By the happy breezes fanned | T |
| See her stand | T |
| Blushing like a living rose | A |
| On her bosom swelling high | U |
| If a fly | U |
| Dare to seek a sweet repose | A |
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| In those eyes which maiden pride | V |
| Fain would hide | V |
| Mark how passion's lightnings sleep | W |
| And their glance is brighter far | X |
| Than the star | X |
| Brightest in heaven's bluest deep | W |
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| O'er her limbs the glittering current | D |
| In soft torrent | D |
| Rains adown the gentle girl | Y |
| As if drop by drop should fall | Z |
| One and all | Z |
| From her necklace every pearl | Y |
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| Lengthening still the reckless pleasure | K |
| At her leisure | K |
| Care free Zara ever slow | I |
| As the hammock floats and swings | A |
| Smiles and sings | A |
| To herself so sweet and low | I |
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| Oh were I a capitana | S |
| Or sultana | S |
| Amber should be always mixt | D |
| In my bath of jewelled stone | S |
| Near my throne | S |
| Griffins twain of gold betwixt | D |
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| Then my hammock should be silk | A2 |
| White as milk | A2 |
| And more soft than down of dove | B2 |
| Velvet cushions where I sit | D |
| Should emit | D |
| Perfumes that inspire love | B2 |
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| Then should I no danger near | C2 |
| Free from fear | C2 |
| Revel in my garden's stream | D2 |
| Nor amid the shadows deep | W |
| Dread the peep | W |
| Of two dark eyes' kindling gleam | D2 |
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| He who thus would play the spy | U |
| On the die | U |
| For such sight his head must throw | I |
| In his blood the sabre naked | D |
| Would be slak d | D |
| Of my slaves of ebon brow | E2 |
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| Then my rich robes trailing show | I |
| As I go | I |
| None to chide should be so bold | D |
| And upon my sandals fine | S |
| How should shine | S |
| Rubies worked in cloth of gold | D |
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| Fancying herself a queen | S |
| All unseen | S |
| Thus vibrating in delight | D |
| In her indolent coquetting | I |
| Quite forgetting | I |
| How the hours wing their flight | D |
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| As she lists the showery tinkling | I |
| Of the sprinkling | I |
| By her wanton curvets made | D |
| Never pauses she to think | I |
| Of the brink | I |
| Where her wrapper white is laid | D |
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| To the harvest fields the while | F2 |
| In long file | F2 |
| Speed her sisters' lively band | D |
| Like a flock of birds in flight | D |
| Streaming light | D |
| Dancing onward hand in hand | D |
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| And they're singing every one | S |
| As they run | S |
| This the burden of their lay | G2 |
| Fie upon such idleness | A |
| Not to dress | A |
| Earlier on harvest day | G2 |
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| JOHN L O'SULLIVAN | S |
Victor-marie Hugo
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