I Heard (alas! 'twas Only In A Dream) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACDCEEC| I heard alas 'twas only in a dream | A |
| Strains which as sage Antiquity believed | B |
| By waking ears have sometimes been received | B |
| Wafted adown the wind from lake or stream | A |
| A most melodious requiem a supreme | A |
| And perfect harmony of notes achieved | B |
| By a fair Swan on drowsy billows heaved | B |
| O'er which her pinions shed a silver gleam | A |
| For is she not the votary of Apollo | C |
| And knows she not singing as he inspires | D |
| That bliss awaits her which the ungenial Hollow | C |
| Of the dull earth partakes not nor desires | E |
| Mount tuneful Bird and join the immortal quires | E |
| She soared and I awoke struggling in vain to follow | C |
William Wordsworth
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