The Crystal Cabinet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK MNON PQCQ ARSR| The Maiden caught me in the wild | A |
| Where I was dancing merrily | B |
| She put me into her Cabinet | C |
| And lock'd me up with a golden key | B |
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| This cabinet is form'd of gold | D |
| And pearl and crystal shining bright | E |
| And within it opens into a world | F |
| And a little lovely moony night | E |
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| Another England there I saw | G |
| Another London with its Tower | H |
| Another Thames and other hills | I |
| And another pleasant Surrey bower | H |
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| Another Maiden like herself | J |
| Translucent lovely shining clear | K |
| Threefold each in the other clos'd | L |
| O what a pleasant trembling fear | K |
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| O what a smile a threefold smile | M |
| Fill'd me that like a flame I burn'd | N |
| I bent to kiss the lovely Maid | O |
| And found a threefold kiss return'd | N |
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| I strove to seize the inmost form | P |
| With ardor fierce and hands of flame | Q |
| But burst the Crystal Cabinet | C |
| And like a weeping Babe became | Q |
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| A weeping Babe upon the wild | A |
| And weeping Woman pale reclin'd | R |
| And in the outward air again | S |
| I fill'd with woes the passing wind | R |
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