A Presentiment Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFG HIHICC JKJKLLOh father let us hence for hark | A |
A fearful murmur shakes the air | B |
The clouds are coming swift and dark | A |
What horrid shapes they wear | B |
A winged giant sails the sky | C |
Oh father father let us fly | C |
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Hush child it is a grateful sound | D |
That beating of the summer shower | E |
Here where the boughs hang close around | D |
We'll pass a pleasant hour | E |
Till the fresh wind that brings the rain | F |
Has swept the broad heaven clear again | G |
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Nay father let us haste for see | H |
That horrid thing with horned brow | I |
His wings o'erhang this very tree | H |
He scowls upon us now | I |
His huge black arm is lifted high | C |
Oh father father let us fly | C |
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Hush child but as the father spoke | J |
Downward the livid firebolt came | K |
Close to his ear the thunder broke | J |
And blasted by the flame | K |
The child lay dead while dark and still | L |
Swept the grim cloud along the hill | L |
William Cullen Bryant
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