The Pass Of Kirkstone Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEEFFGHHGIIJKLMNN A OPQPRSTTUVVUWWXXAAYY A ZA2ZA2B2B2C2C2B2D2E2 B2F2G2H2H2B2B2I2I2 A B2J2B2J2K2L2AAB2AAB2 I2I2M2M2N2N2O2O2B2B2 B2B2L2L2

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Within the mind strong fancies workB
A deep delight the bosom thrillsC
Oft as I pass along the forkD
Of these fraternal hillsC
Where save the rugged road we findE
No appanage of human kindE
Nor hint of man if stone or rockF
Seem not his handywork to mockF
By something cognizably shapedG
Mockery or model roughly hewnH
And left as if by earthquake strewnH
Or from the Flood escapedG
Altars for Druid service fitI
But where no fire was ever litI
Unless the glow worm to the skiesJ
Thence offer nightly sacrificeK
Wrinkled Egyptian monumentL
Green moss grown tower or hoary tentM
Tents of a camp that never shall be razedN
On which four thousand years have gazedN
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IIA
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Ye plough shares sparkling on the slopesO
Ye snow white lambs that tripP
Imprisoned 'mid the formal propsQ
Of restless ownershipP
Ye trees that may to morrow fallR
To feed the insatiate ProdigalS
Lawns houses chattels groves and fieldsT
All that the fertile valley shieldsT
Wages of folly baits of crimeU
Of life's uneasy game the stakeV
Playthings that keep the eyes awakeV
Of drowsy dotard TimeU
O care O guilt O vales and plainsW
Here 'mid his own unvexed domainsW
A Genius dwells that can subdueX
At once all memory of YouX
Most potent when mists veil the skyA
Mists that distort and magnifyA
While the coarse rushes to the sweeping breezeY
Sigh forth their ancient melodiesY
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List to those shriller notes 'that' marchZ
Perchance was on the blastA2
When through this Height's inverted archZ
Rome's earliest legion passedA2
They saw adventurously impelledB2
And older eyes than theirs beheldB2
This block and yon whose church like frameC2
Gives to this savage Pass its nameC2
Aspiring Road that lov'st to hideB2
Thy daring in a vapoury bournD2
Not seldom may the hour returnE2
When thou shalt be my guideB2
And I as all men may find causeF2
When life is at a weary pauseG2
And they have panted up the hillH2
Of duty with reluctant willH2
Be thankful even though tired and faintB2
For the rich bounties of constraintB2
Whence oft invigorating transports flowI2
That choice lacked courage to bestowI2
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IVA
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My Soul was grateful for delightB2
That wore a threatening browJ2
A veil is lifted can she slightB2
The scene that opens nowJ2
Though habitation none appearK2
The greenness tells man must be thereL2
The shelter that the perspectiveA
Is of the clime in which we liveA
Where Toil pursues his daily roundB2
Where Pity sheds sweet tears and LoveA
In woodbine bower or birchen groveA
Inflicts his tender woundB2
Who comes not hither ne'er shall knowI2
How beautiful the world belowI2
Nor can he guess how lightly leapsM2
The brook adown the rocky steepsM2
Farewell thou desolate DomainN2
Hope pointing to the cultured plainN2
Carols like a shepherd boyO2
And who is she Can that be JoyO2
Who with a sunbeam for her guideB2
Smoothly skims the meadows wideB2
While Faith from yonder opening cloudB2
To hill and vale proclaims aloudB2
Whate'er the weak may dread the wicked dareL2
Thy lot O Man is good thy portion fairL2

William Wordsworth



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