To Dora Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNMOPQRS MTUVWSMSXMBSMMMSYZSA 2MMB2SMC2D2ME2NMMSMF 2G2H2| ''A little onward lend thy guiding hand | A |
| To these dark steps a little further on '' | B |
| What trick of memory to 'my' voice hath brought | C |
| This mournful iteration For though Time | D |
| The Conqueror crowns the Conquered on this brow | E |
| Planting his favourite silver diadem | F |
| Nor he nor minister of his intent | G |
| To run before him hath enrolled me yet | H |
| Though not unmenaced among those who lean | I |
| Upon a living staff with borrowed sight | J |
| O my own Dora my beloved child | K |
| Should that day come but hark the birds salute | L |
| The cheerful dawn brightening for me the east | M |
| For me thy natural leader once again | N |
| Impatient to conduct thee not as erst | M |
| A tottering infant with compliant stoop | O |
| From flower to flower supported but to curb | P |
| Thy nymph like step swift bounding o'er the lawn | Q |
| Along the loose rocks or the slippery verge | R |
| Of foaming torrents From thy orisons | S |
| Come forth and while the morning air is yet | M |
| Transparent as the soul of innocent youth | T |
| Let me thy happy guide now point thy way | U |
| And now precede thee winding to and fro | V |
| Till we by perseverance gain the top | W |
| Of some smooth ridge whose brink precipitous | S |
| Kindles intense desire for powers withheld | M |
| From this corporeal frame whereon who stands | S |
| Is seized with strong incitement to push forth | X |
| His arms as swimmers use and plunge dread thought | M |
| For pastime plunge into the 'abrupt abyss ' | B |
| Where ravens spread their plumy vans at ease | S |
| And yet more gladly thee would I conduct | M |
| Through woods and spacious forests to behold | M |
| There how the Original of human art | M |
| Heaven prompted Nature measures and erects | S |
| Her temples fearless for the stately work | Y |
| Though waves to every breeze its high arched roof | Z |
| And storms the pillars rock But we such schools | S |
| Of reverential awe will chiefly seek | A2 |
| In the still summer noon while beams of light | M |
| Reposing here and in the aisles beyond | M |
| Traceably gliding through the dusk recall | B2 |
| To mind the living presences of nuns | S |
| A gentle pensive white robed sisterhood | M |
| Whose saintly radiance mitigates the gloom | C2 |
| Of those terrestrial fabrics where they serve | D2 |
| To Christ the Sun of righteousness espoused | M |
| Now also shall the page of classic lore | E2 |
| To these glad eyes from bondage freed again | N |
| Lie open and the book of Holy Writ | M |
| Again unfolded passage clear shall yield | M |
| To heights more glorious still and into shades | S |
| More awful where advancing hand in hand | M |
| We may be taught O Darling of my care | F2 |
| To calm the affections elevate the soul | G2 |
| And consecrate our lives to truth and love | H2 |
William Wordsworth
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