The Danish Boy: A Fragment Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BABACDEEDFF A GHGHIJBBJKK A DLDMBNOONBB PDPDQFBBFKK D AJAJH RS TT| I | A |
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| Between two sister moorland rills | B |
| There is a spot that seems to lie | A |
| Sacred to flowerets of the hills | B |
| And sacred to the sky | A |
| And in this smooth and open dell | C |
| There is a tempest stricken tree | D |
| A corner stone by lightning cut | E |
| The last stone of a lonely hut | E |
| And in this dell you see | D |
| A thing no storm can e'er destroy | F |
| The shadow of a Danish Boy | F |
| - | |
| II | A |
| - | |
| In clouds above the lark is heard | G |
| But drops not here to earth for rest | H |
| Within this lonesome nook the bird | G |
| Did never build her nest | H |
| No beast no bird hath here his home | I |
| Bees wafted on the breezy air | J |
| Pass high above those fragrant bells | B |
| To other flowers to other dells | B |
| Their burthens do they bear | J |
| The Danish Boy walks here alone | K |
| The lovely dell is all his own | K |
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| III | A |
| - | |
| A Spirit of noon day is he | D |
| Yet seems a form of flesh and blood | L |
| Nor piping shepherd shall he be | D |
| Nor herd boy of the wood | M |
| A regal vest of fur he wears | B |
| In colour like a raven's wing | N |
| It fears not rain nor wind nor dew | O |
| But in the storm 'tis fresh and blue | O |
| As budding pines in spring | N |
| His helmet has a vernal grace | B |
| Fresh as the bloom upon his face | B |
| - | |
| IV | - |
| - | |
| A harp is from his shoulder slung | P |
| Resting the harp upon his knee | D |
| To words of a forgotten tongue | P |
| He suits its melody | D |
| Of flocks upon the neighbouring hill | Q |
| He is the darling and the joy | F |
| And often when no cause appears | B |
| The mountain ponies prick their ears | B |
| They hear the Danish Boy | F |
| While in the dell he sings alone | K |
| Beside the tree and corner stone | K |
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| V | D |
| - | |
| There sits he in his face you spy | A |
| No trace of a ferocious air | J |
| Nor ever was a cloudless sky | A |
| So steady or so fair | J |
| The lovely Danish Boy is blest | H |
| And happy in his flowery cove | - |
| From bloody deeds his thoughts are far | R |
| And yet he warbles songs of war | S |
| That seem like songs of love | - |
| For calm and gentle is his mien | T |
| Like a dead Boy he is serene | T |
William Wordsworth
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