Goliath Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSJ TLUVWXYZAA2LB2C2D2TE 2F2G2H2I2J2K2KL2M2N2 O2P2Q2R2| Still as a mountain with dark pines and sun | A |
| He stood between the armies and his shout | B |
| Rolled from the empyrean above the host | C |
| Bid any little flea ye have come forth | D |
| And wince at death upon my finger nail | E |
| He turned his large boned face and all his steel | F |
| Tossed into beams the lustre of the noon | G |
| And all the shaggy horror of his locks | H |
| Rustled like locusts in a field of corn | I |
| The meagre pupil of his shameless eye | J |
| Moved like a cormorant over a glassy sea | K |
| He stretched his limbs and laughed into the air | L |
| To feel the groaning sinews of his breast | M |
| And the long gush of his swollen arteries pause | N |
| And nodding wheeled towering in all his height | O |
| Then like a wind that hushes gazed and saw | P |
| Down down far down upon the untroubled green | Q |
| A shepherd boy that swung a little sling | R |
| Goliath shut his lids to drive that mote | S |
| Which vexed the eastern azure of his eye | J |
| Out of his vision and stared down again | T |
| Yet stood the youth there ruddy in the flare | L |
| Of his vast shield nor spake nor quailed gazed up | U |
| As one might scan a mountain to be scaled | V |
| Then as it were a voice unearthly still | W |
| Cried in the cavern of his bristling ear | X |
| His name is Death And like the flush | Y |
| That dyes Sahara to its lifeless verge | Z |
| His brows' bright brass flamed into sudden crimson | A |
| And his great spear leapt upward lightning like | A2 |
| Shaking a dreadful thunder in the air | L |
| Spun betwixt earth and sky bright as a berg | B2 |
| That hoards the sunlight in a myriad spires | C2 |
| Crashed and struck echo through an army's heart | D2 |
| Then paused Goliath and stared down again | T |
| And fleet foot Fear from rolling orbs perceived | E2 |
| Steadfast unharmed a stooping shepherd boy | F2 |
| Frowning upon the target of his face | G2 |
| And wrath tossed suddenly up once more his hand | H2 |
| And a deep groan grieved all his strength in him | I2 |
| He breathed and lost in dazzling darkness prayed | J2 |
| Besought his reins his gloating gods his youth | K2 |
| And turned to smite what he no more could see | K |
| Then sped the singing pebble messenger | L2 |
| The chosen of the Lord from Israel's brooks | M2 |
| Fleet to its mark and hollowed a light path | N2 |
| Down to the appalling Babel of his brain | O2 |
| And like the smoke of dreaming Souffri re | P2 |
| Dust rose in cloud spread wide slow silted down | Q2 |
| Softly all softly on his armour's blaze | R2 |
Walter De La Mare
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