The Shadowy Waters: Introductory Lines Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFEGHIJKLMMNJOPQ EQQRSTUVWXUYUUUUPUUZ A2EB2U| I walked among the seven woods of Coole | A |
| Shan walla where a willow hordered pond | B |
| Gathers the wild duck from the winter dawn | C |
| Shady Kyle dortha sunnier Kyle na no | D |
| Where many hundred squirrels are as happy | E |
| As though they had been hidden hy green houghs | F |
| Where old age cannot find them Paire na lee | E |
| Where hazel and ash and privet hlind the paths | G |
| Dim Pairc na carraig where the wild bees fling | H |
| Their sudden fragrances on the green air | I |
| Dim Pairc na tarav where enchanted eyes | J |
| Have seen immortal mild proud shadows walk | K |
| Dim Inchy wood that hides badger and fox | L |
| And marten cat and borders that old wood | M |
| Wise Buddy Early called the wicked wood | M |
| Seven odours seven murmurs seven woods | N |
| I had not eyes like those enchanted eyes | J |
| Yet dreamed that beings happier than men | O |
| Moved round me in the shadows and at night | P |
| My dreams were clown hy voices and by fires | Q |
| And the images I have woven in this story | E |
| Of Forgael and Dectora and the empty waters | Q |
| Moved round me in the voices and the fires | Q |
| And more I may not write of for they that cleave | R |
| The waters of sleep can make a chattering tongue | S |
| Heavy like stone their wisdom being half silence | T |
| How shall I name you immortal mild proud shadows | U |
| I only know that all we know comes from you | V |
| And that you come from Eden on flying feet | W |
| Is Eden far away or do you hide | X |
| From human thought as hares and mice and coneys | U |
| That run before the reaping hook and lie | Y |
| In the last ridge of the barley Do our woods | U |
| And winds and ponds cover more quiet woods | U |
| More shining winds more star glimmering ponds | U |
| Is Eden out of time and out of space | U |
| And do you gather about us when pale light | P |
| Shining on water and fallen among leaves | U |
| And winds blowing from flowers and whirr of feathers | U |
| And the green quiet have uplifted the heart | Z |
| I have made this poem for you that men may read it | A2 |
| Before they read of Forgael and Dectora | E |
| As men in the old times before the harps began | B2 |
| Poured out wine for the high invisible ones | U |
William Butler Yeats
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