The Host Of The Air Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK MNON PQRQ SFTF UVEV VFVF VWVW FHIH

O'Driscoll drove with a songA
The wild duck and the drakeB
From the tall and the tufted reedsC
Of the drear Hart LakeB
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And he saw how the reeds grew darkD
At the coming of night tideE
And dreamed of the long dim hairF
Of Bridget his brideE
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He heard while he sang and dreamedG
A piper piping awayH
And never was piping so sadI
And never was piping so gayH
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And he saw young men and young girlsJ
Who danced on a level placeK
And Bridget his bride among themL
With a sad and a gay faceK
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The dancers crowded about himM
And many a sweet thing saidN
And a young man brought him red wineO
And a young girl white breadN
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But Bridget drew him by the sleeveP
Away from the merry bandsQ
To old men playing at cardsR
With a twinkling of ancient handsQ
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The bread and the wine had a doomS
For these were the host of the airF
He sat and played in a dreamT
Of her long dim hairF
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He played with the merry old menU
And thought not of evil chanceV
Until one bore Bridget his brideE
Away from the merry danceV
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He bore her away in his atmsV
The handsomest young man thereF
And his neck and his breast and his armsV
Were drowned in her long dim hairF
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O'Driscoll scattered the cardsV
And out of his dream awokeW
Old men and young men and young girlsV
Were gone like a drifting smokeW
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But he heard high up in the airF
A piper piping awayH
And never was piping so sadI
And never was piping so gayH

William Butler Yeats



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