The Gleaner - Suggested By A Picture Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BCC BDDAAEEFFGG HHIIJKKJJ CCDBBBBDBThat happy gleam of vernal eyes | A |
Those locks from summer's golden skies | A |
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That o'er thy brow are shed | B |
That cheek a kindling of the morn | C |
That lip a rose bud from the thorn | C |
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I saw and Fancy sped | B |
To scenes Arcadian whispering through soft air | D |
Of bliss that grows without a care | D |
And happiness that never flies | A |
How can it where love never dies | A |
Whispering of promise where no blight | E |
Can reach the innocent delight | E |
Where pity to the mind conveyed | F |
In pleasure is the darkest shade | F |
That Time unwrinkled grandsire flings | G |
From his smoothly gliding wings | G |
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What mortal form what earthly face | H |
Inspired the pencil lines to trace | H |
And mingle colours that should breed | I |
Such rapture nor want power to feed | I |
For had thy charge been idle flowers | J |
Fair Damsel o'er my captive mind | K |
To truth and sober reason blind | K |
'Mid that soft air those long lost bowers | J |
The sweet illusion might have hung for hours | J |
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Thanks to this tell tale sheaf of corn | C |
That touchingly bespeaks thee born | C |
Life's daily tasks with them to share | D |
Who whether from their lowly bed | B |
They rise or rest the weary head | B |
Ponder the blessing they entreat | B |
From Heaven and 'feel' what they repeat | B |
While they give utterance to the prayer | D |
That asks for daily bread | B |
William Wordsworth
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