The Boy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF HIJI K JL| The Boy from his bedroom window | A |
| Look'd over the little town | B |
| And away to the bleak black upland | C |
| Under a clouded moon | D |
| - | |
| The moon came forth from her cavern | E |
| He saw the sudden gleam | F |
| Of a tarn in the swarthy moorland | G |
| Or perhaps the whole was a dream | F |
| - | |
| For I never could find that water | H |
| In all my walks and rides | I |
| Far off in the Land of Memory | J |
| That midnight pool abides | I |
| - | |
| Many fine things had I glimpse of | K |
| And said 'I shall find them one day ' | - |
| Whether within or without me | J |
| They were I cannot say | L |
William Allingham
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