Beatrice Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAABBCDCDC EFEEFFGHGHG EIEEIIEJEJE EKEEKKCLCLC

She came into the April airA
And passed across the silvery lawnB
Blithe was her voice her brow was bareA
And rippled from her radiant hairA
The glow and glory of the dawnB
Her footfall scared nor doe nor fawnB
No timid songster ceased to singC
But wheresoe'er she strayed or stoodD
Her maiden coming seemed to bringC
A wider wonder to the woodD
And more of magic to the SpringC
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When June is throned and round her blowsE
The rambling briar and lily tallF
I saw her watch the buds uncloseE
Herself herself the loveliest roseE
And stateliest lily of them allF
The blackbirds' fluting cuckoo's callF
She scarcely heard for trembled nearG
And thrilled her wheresoe'er she strayedH
That note more deep that voice more dearG
That lures to love the listening maidH
When half is fondness half is fearG
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Among the rows of ripened sheavesE
And orchard harvests golden redI
The tapestry that Autumn weavesE
From fallen fruit and fading leavesE
Pensive she paced with matron treadI
Low was her voice but all she saidI
Seemed strangely true and deeply wiseE
And mute her offspring gathered roundJ
To gaze into her tranquil eyesE
And listen to the sacred soundJ
Of mellow words and meek repliesE
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Now by the wintry hearth she sitsE
Grey guardian of the household fireK
Foretells the Future as she knitsE
Then back her loving memory flitsE
To bygone days and dead desireK
Anon her fingers seem to tireK
And weary sense to droop its wingC
But though her gaze hath feebler grownL
Nor knows she what the children singC
She sees the Lamb before the ThroneL
And hears the Angels canticlingC

Alfred Austin



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