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A Song of Enchantment A song of Enchantment I sang me there, In a green-green wood, by waters fair, Just as the words came up to me I sang it under the wild wood tree. Widdershins turned I, singing it low, Watching the wild birds come and go; No cloud in the deep dark blue to be seen Under the thick-thatched branches green. Twilight came: silence came: The planet of Evening's silver flame; By darkening paths I wandered through Thickets trembling with drops of dew. But the music is lost and the words are gone Of the song I sang as I sat alone, Ages and ages have fallen on me - On the wood and the pool and the elder tree.

 Supernatural writer, romantic.  Depression period in Europe.  General Topic- Horrors stories/poems, childhood, Nature.

 Born/Died- April 25, 1873 – June  Born at 83 Maryon Road, Charlton now part of the London Borough of Greenwich.  Wrote plays, anthologies, Novels, and short stories  Notable works of literature are “The listeners”, Horror stories “Seaton's Aunt" and "Out of the Deep“.  His 1921 novel, Memoirs of a Midget, won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.

Born at 83 Maryon Road, Charlton now part of the London Borough of Greenwich.

A Song of Enchantment A song of Enchantment I sang me there, A-10 In a green-green wood, by waters fair, A-9 Just as the words came up to me B-8 I sang it under the wild wood tree. B-9 Widdershins turned I, singing it low, C-9 Inversion Watching the wild birds come and go; C-8 No cloud in the deep dark blue to be seen D-10 Alliteration Under the thick-thatched branches green. D-9 Imagery Twilight came: silence came: E-6 The planet of Evening's silver flame; E-10 Metaphor By darkening paths I wandered through F-10 Thickets trembling with drops of dew. F-8 But the music is lost and the words are gone G-11 Of the song I sang as I sat alone, G-10 Ages and ages have fallen on me B-10 On the wood and the pool and the elder tree. B-11

 Rhyme scheme-AA,BB,CC,DD,EE,FF,GG,BB  Meter- 10, 9, 8, 9, 9, 8, 10, 9  Focal Points-Alliteration, Imagery, Metaphor, Inversion  Walter describing nature and the scene he sees.

Ghost 'Who knocks? ' 'I, who was beautiful A-8 Onomatopoeia Beyond all dreams to restore, B-7 I from the roots of the dark thorn am hither, C-11 And knock on the door.' B-5 'Who speaks? ' 'I -- once was my speech D-7 Sweet as the bird's on the air, E-7 Simile/Imagery When echo lurks by the waters to heed; F-10 'Tis I speak thee fair.' E-5 'Dark is the hour!' 'Aye, and cold.' G-7 'Lone is my house.' 'Ah, but mine? ' H-8 'Sight, touch, lips, eyes gleamed in vain.' I-9 'Long dead these to thine.' H-5 Silence. Still faint on the porch J-7 Brake the flames of the stars. K-7 In gloom groped a hope-wearied hand L-9 Over keys, bolts, and bars. K-6 A face peered. All the grey night M-8 Personifacation In chaos of vacancy shone; N-8 Nought but vast sorrow was there O-7 The sweet cheat gone. N-4

 Rhyme scheme- AB,CB,DE,FE,GH,IH,JK,LK,MN,ON  Meter- 8,7,11,5,7,7,10,5  Literary Devices- Personification, Imagery, Simile, onomatopoeia.  A haunted house and the “ghost” with-in.

 Walter De la mare was born in Kent, England.  He died at age 83.  He wrote anthologies, plays, poems, and novels.  His 1921 novel, Memoirs of a Midget, won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.

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