Floating Island Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH EJKJ LMNO PQRQ HSTS| Harmonious Powers with Nature work | A |
| On sky earth river lake and sea | B |
| Sunshine and cloud whirlwind and breeze | C |
| All in one duteous task agree | B |
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| Once did I see a slip of earth | D |
| By throbbing waves long undermined | E |
| Loosed from its hold how no one knew | F |
| But all might see it float obedient to the wind | E |
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| Might see it from the mossy shore | G |
| Dissevered float upon the Lake | H |
| Float with its crest of trees adorned | I |
| On which the warbling birds their pastime take | H |
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| Food shelter safety there they find | E |
| There berries ripen flowerets bloom | J |
| There insects live their lives and die | K |
| A peopled world it is in size a tiny room | J |
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| And thus through many seasons' space | L |
| This little Island may survive | M |
| But Nature though we mark her not | N |
| Will take away may cease to give | O |
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| Perchance when you are wandering forth | P |
| Upon some vacant sunny day | Q |
| Without an object hope or fear | R |
| Thither your eyes may turn the Isle is passed away | Q |
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| Buried beneath the glittering Lake | H |
| Its place no longer to be found | S |
| Yet the lost fragments shall remain | T |
| To fertilize some other ground | S |
William Wordsworth
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