So Fair, So Sweet, Withal So Sensitive Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABA CCC DDD DDD DDD EEF DDD

So fair so sweet withal so sensitiveA
Would that the little Flowers were born to liveB
Conscious of half the pleasure which they giveA
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That to this mountain daisy's self were knownC
The beauty of its star shaped shadow thrownC
On the smooth surface of this naked stoneC
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And what if hence a bold desire should mountD
High as the Sun that he could take accountD
Of all that issues from his glorious fountD
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So might he ken how by his sovereign aidD
These delicate companionships are madeD
And how he rules the pomp of light and shadeD
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And were the Sister power that shines by nightD
So privileged what a countenance of delightD
Would through the clouds break forth on human sightD
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Fond fancies wheresoe'er shall turn thine eyeE
On earth air ocean or the starry skyE
Converse with Nature in pure sympathyF
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All vain desires all lawless wishes quelledD
Be Thou to love and praise alike impelledD
Whatever boon is granted or withheldD

William Wordsworth



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Michael M DeBonis : One of Wordsworth's finest lyrics, this poem ranks as a one of the best in the English language. That Wordsworth wrote it at the end of his career is astonishing. The poem 's intricate triple rhyme scheme, along with his elegant and soulful diction make this poem rival anything Lord Alfred Tennyson and Edgar Allen Poe were writing at the time. William Wordsworth is a titan of English poetry and literature, and he will remain so always.
 

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