Poet William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats

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The Cap And Bells Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE AGDG HIDI FJKJ DDDL MJNJ DOAO PDHD

The jester walked in the gardenA
The garden had fallen stillB
He bade his soul rise upwardC
And stand on her window sillB
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It rose in a straight blue garmentD
When owls began to callE
It had grown wise tongued by thinkingF
Of a quiet and light footfallE
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But the young queen would not listenA
She rose in her pale night gownG
She drew in the heavy casementD
And pushed the latches downG
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He bade his heart go to herH
When the owls called out no moreI
In a red and quivering garmentD
It sang to her through the doorI
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It had grown sweet tongued by dreamingF
Of a flutter of flower like hairJ
But she took up her fan from the tableK
And waved it off on the airJ
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'I have cap and bells ' he ponderedD
'I will send them to her and die'D
And when the morning whitenedD
He left them where she went byL
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She laid them upon her bosomM
Under a cloud of her hairJ
And her red lips sang them a love songN
Till stars grew out of the airJ
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She opened her door and her windowD
And the heart and the soul came throughO
To her right hand came the red oneA
To her left hand came the blueO
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They set up a noise like cricketsP
A chattering wise and sweetD
And her hair was a folded flowerH
And the quiet of love in her feetD

William Butler Yeats



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