A Presentiment Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFG HIHICC JKJKLL| Oh 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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