I Broke The Spell That Held Me Long. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF GGHHAA| I broke the spell that held me long | A |
| The dear dear witchery of song | A |
| I said the poet's idle lore | B |
| Shall waste my prime of years no more | B |
| For Poetry though heavenly born | C |
| Consorts with poverty and scorn | C |
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| I broke the spell nor deemed its power | D |
| Could fetter me another hour | D |
| Ah thoughtless how could I forget | E |
| Its causes were around me yet | E |
| For wheresoe'er I looked the while | F |
| Was nature's everlasting smile | F |
| - | |
| Still came and lingered on my sight | G |
| Of flowers and streams the bloom and light | G |
| And glory of the stars and sun | H |
| And these and poetry are one | H |
| They ere the world had held me long | A |
| Recalled me to the love of song | A |
William Cullen Bryant
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