The Raven. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAB CDDCD DEEDE DFFDF AGGAG HIIHI| There sat a raven 'mid the pines so dark | A |
| The pines so silent and so dark at morn | B |
| A ragged bird with feathers rough and torn | B |
| Whetting his grimy beak upon the bark | A |
| And croaking hoarsely to the woods forlorn | B |
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| Blood red the sky and misty in the east | C |
| Low vapours creeping bleakly o'er the hills | D |
| The rain will soon come plashing on the rills | D |
| No sound in all the place of bird or beast | C |
| Save that hoarse croak that all the woodland fills | D |
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| A slimy pool all rank with rotting weeds | D |
| Close by the pines there at the highway side | E |
| No ripple on its green and stagnant tide | E |
| Where only cold and still the horse leech breeds | D |
| Ugh might not here some bloody murder hide | E |
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| Pshaw Cold the air slow stealing through the trees | D |
| Scarce rustling the moist leaves beneath its tread | F |
| A fearful breast thus holds its breath for dread | F |
| There is no healthful music in this breeze | D |
| It sounds ha ha like sighs above the dead | F |
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| What frights yon raven 'mid the pines so dark | A |
| The pines so silent and so dark around | G |
| With ne'er accomplish'd circlings to the ground | G |
| Ruffling his wings so ragged and so stark | A |
| Some half dead victim haply hath he found | G |
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| Ho raven now with thee I'll share the spoil | H |
| This way methinks the dying game hath trod | I |
| Ay broken twigs and blood upon the sod | I |
| These thorns are sharp well soon will end the toil | H |
| This bough aside and then the prize My God | I |
Walter R. Cassels
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