The Happy Encounter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCABDA EFGHHG| I saw sweet Poetry turn troubled eyes | A |
| On shaggy Science nosing in the grass | B |
| For by that way poor Poetry must pass | B |
| On her long pilgrimage to Paradise | C |
| He snuffled grunted squealed perplexed by flies | A |
| Parched weatherworn and near of sight alas | B |
| From peering close where very little was | D |
| In dens secluded from the open skies | A |
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| But Poetry in bravery went down | E |
| And called his name soft clear and fearlessly | F |
| Stooped low and stroked his muzzle overgrown | G |
| Refreshed his drought with dew wiped pure and free | H |
| His eyes and lo laughed loud for joy to see | H |
| In those grey deeps the azure of her own | G |
Walter De La Mare
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Alan Collins - [email protected]: On 8th November 1997 I completed this poem by adding 2 lines to the 2nd stanza, thus fulfilling both the initial concept and the form of the 1st... which lines I offer here for other's to consider and/or enjoy:
"And, kneeling there, she spoke - intuitively -
Of starry things, and all the love she’d known."
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