The Waterfall And The Eglantine Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCADDEFFE GHG IIJKKJ LMLMNNOOOO M P P QQRSST M OMOMOOUOO PPOVWO| 'Begone thou fond presumptuous Elf ' | A |
| Exclaimed an angry Voice | B |
| 'Nor dare to thrust thy foolish self | C |
| Between me and my choice ' | A |
| A small Cascade fresh swoln with snows | D |
| Thus threatened a poor Briar rose | D |
| That all bespattered with his foam | E |
| And dancing high and dancing low | F |
| Was living as a child might know | F |
| In an unhappy home | E |
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| II | - |
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| 'Dost thou presume my course to block | G |
| Off off or puny Thing | H |
| I'll hurl thee headlong with the rock | G |
| To which thy fibres cling ' | - |
| The Flood was tyrannous and strong | I |
| The patient Briar suffered long | I |
| Nor did he utter groan or sigh | J |
| Hoping the danger would be past | K |
| But seeing no relief at last | K |
| He ventured to reply | J |
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| III | - |
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| 'Ah ' said the Briar 'blame me not | L |
| Why should we dwell in strife | M |
| We who in this sequestered spot | L |
| Once lived a happy life | M |
| You stirred me on my rocky bed | N |
| What pleasure through my veins you spread | N |
| The summer long from day to day | O |
| My leaves you freshened and bedewed | O |
| Nor was it common gratitude | O |
| That did your cares repay | O |
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| IV | M |
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| 'When spring came on with bud and bell | P |
| Among these rocks did I | - |
| Before you hang my wreaths to tell | P |
| That gentle days were nigh | - |
| And in the sultry summer hours | Q |
| I sheltered you with leaves and flowers | Q |
| And in my leaves now shed and gone | R |
| The linnet lodged and for us two | S |
| Chanted his pretty songs when you | S |
| Had little voice or none | T |
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| V | M |
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| 'But now proud thoughts are in your breast | O |
| What grief is mine you see | M |
| Ah would you think even yet how blest | O |
| Together we might be | M |
| Though of both leaf and flower bereft | O |
| Some ornaments to me are left | O |
| Rich store of scarlet hips is mine | U |
| With which I in my humble way | O |
| Would deck you many a winter day | O |
| A happy Eglantine ' | - |
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| VI | - |
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| What more he said I cannot tell | P |
| The Torrent down the rocky dell | P |
| Came thundering loud and fast | O |
| I listened nor aught else could hear | V |
| The Briar quaked and much I fear | W |
| Those accents were his last | O |
William Wordsworth
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