A Northern Legend Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFGF HIHI JKDK HLM DNO| FROM THE GERMAN OF UHLAND | A |
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| There sits a lovely maiden | B |
| The ocean murmuring nigh | C |
| She throws the hook and watches | D |
| The fishes pass it by | C |
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| A ring with a red jewel | E |
| Is sparkling on her hand | F |
| Upon the hook she binds it | G |
| And flings it from the land | F |
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| Uprises from the water | H |
| A hand like ivory fair | I |
| What gleams upon its finger | H |
| The golden ring is there | I |
| - | |
| Uprises from the bottom | J |
| A young and handsome knight | K |
| In golden scales he rises | D |
| That glitter in the light | K |
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| The maid is pale with terror | H |
| 'Nay Knight of Ocean nay | L |
| It was not thee I wanted | M |
| Let go the ring I pray ' | - |
| - | |
| 'Ah maiden not to fishes | D |
| The bait of gold is thrown | N |
| The ring shall never leave me | O |
| And thou must be my own ' | - |
William Cullen Bryant
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