The River Of Rivers In Connecticut Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC ADE FGH IGJ KGL MNO| There is a great river this side of Stygia | A |
| Before one comes to the first black cataracts | B |
| And trees that lack the intelligence of trees | C |
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| In that river far this side of Stygia | A |
| The mere flowing of the water is a gayety | D |
| Flashing and flashing in the sun On its banks | E |
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| No shadow walks The river is fateful | F |
| Like the last one But there is no ferryman | G |
| He could not bend against its propelling force | H |
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| It is not to be seen beneath the appearances | I |
| That tell of it The steeple at Farmington | G |
| Stands glistening and Haddam shines and sways | J |
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| It is the third commonness with light and air | K |
| A curriculum a vigor a local abstraction | G |
| Call it one more a river an unnamed flowing | L |
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| Space filled reflecting the seasons the folk lore | M |
| Of each of the senses call it again and again | N |
| The river that flows nowhere like a sea | O |
Wallace Stevens
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