To Thomas Butts Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFBBAAGGHH IIHHDDJJHHKKCCLLMMNN OOPPQQBBAAIIRRSSAAHT RRUUVVWXRRTTYYZZHH| TO my friend Butts I write | A |
| My first vision of light | A |
| On the yellow sands sitting | B |
| The sun was emitting | B |
| His glorious beams | C |
| From Heaven s high streams | C |
| Over sea over land | D |
| My eyes did expand | D |
| Into regions of air | E |
| Away from all care | E |
| Into regions of fire | F |
| Remote from desire | F |
| The light of the morning | B |
| Heaven s mountains adorning | B |
| In particles bright | A |
| The jewels of light | A |
| Distinct shone and clear | G |
| Amaz d and in fear | G |
| I each particle gaz d | H |
| Astonish d amaz d | H |
| For each was a Man | I |
| Human form d Swift I ran | I |
| For they beckon d to me | H |
| Remote by the sea | H |
| Saying Each grain of sand | D |
| Every stone on the land | D |
| Each rock and each hill | J |
| Each fountain and rill | J |
| Each herb and each tree | H |
| Mountain hill earth and sea | H |
| Cloud meteor and star | K |
| Are men seen afar | K |
| I stood in the streams | C |
| Of Heaven s bright beams | C |
| And saw Felpham sweet | L |
| Beneath my bright feet | L |
| In soft Female charms | M |
| And in her fair arms | M |
| My Shadow I knew | N |
| And my wife s Shadow too | N |
| And my sister and friend | O |
| We like infants descend | O |
| In our Shadows on earth | P |
| Like a weak mortal birth | P |
| My eyes more and more | Q |
| Like a sea without shore | Q |
| Continue expanding | B |
| The Heavens commanding | B |
| Till the jewels of light | A |
| Heavenly men beaming bright | A |
| Appear d as One Man | I |
| Who complacent began | I |
| My limbs to enfold | R |
| In His beams of bright gold | R |
| Like dross purg d away | S |
| All my mire and my clay | S |
| Soft consum d in delight | A |
| In His bosom sun bright | A |
| I remain d Soft He smil d | H |
| And I heard His voice mild | T |
| Saying This is My fold | R |
| O thou ram horn d with gold | R |
| Who awakest from sleep | U |
| On the sides of the deep | U |
| On the mountains around | V |
| The roarings resound | V |
| Of the lion and wolf | W |
| The loud sea and deep gulf | X |
| These are guards of My fold | R |
| O thou ram horn d with gold | R |
| And the voice faded mild | T |
| I remain d as a child | T |
| All I ever had known | Y |
| Before me bright shone | Y |
| I saw you and your wife | Z |
| By the fountains of life | Z |
| Such the vision to me | H |
| Appear d on the sea | H |
William Blake
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