The Quiet Enemy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEE FFBBGG HHHHIBIB| Hearken now the hermit bee | A |
| Drones a quiet threnody | B |
| Greening on the stagnant pool | C |
| The criss cross light is beautiful | D |
| In the venomed yew tree wings | E |
| Preen and flit The linnet sings | E |
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| Gradually the brave sun | F |
| Sinks to a day's journey done | F |
| In the marshy flats abide | B |
| Mists to muffle midnight tide | B |
| Puffed within the belfry tower | G |
| Hungry owls drowse out their hour | G |
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| Walk in beauty Vaunt thy rose | H |
| Flaunt thy poisonous loveliness | H |
| Pace for pace with thee there goes | H |
| A shape that hath not come to bless | H |
| I thine enemy Nay nay | I |
| I can only watch and wait | B |
| Patient treacherous time away | I |
| Hold ajar the wicket gate | B |
Walter De La Mare
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