The Hermit Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK| WHAT moves that lonely man is not the boom | A |
| Of waves that break agains the cliff so strong | B |
| Nor roar of thunder when that travelling voice | C |
| Is caught by rocks that carry far along | B |
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| 'Tis not the groan of oak tree i its prime | D |
| When lightning strikes its solid heart to dust | E |
| Nor frozen pond when melted by the sun | F |
| It suddenly doth break its sparkling crust | E |
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| What moves that man is when the blind bat taps | G |
| His window when he sits alone at night | H |
| Or when the small bird sounds like some great beast | I |
| Among the dead dry leaves so fraiil and light | H |
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| Or when the moths on his night pillow beat | J |
| Such heavy blows he fears they'll break his bones | K |
| Or when a mouse inside the papered walls | L |
| Comes like a tiger crunching through the stones | K |
William Henry Davies
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