The Spring-time, O The Spring--time Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDDDA EBFBGDGDE HBIBJEJEH EBKBLMLME| The Spring time O the Spring time | A |
| Who does not know it well | B |
| When the little birds begin to build | C |
| And the buds begin to swell | B |
| When the sun with the clouds plays hide and seek | D |
| And the lambs are bucking and bleating | D |
| And the colour mounts to the maiden's cheek | D |
| And the cuckoo scatters greeting | D |
| In the Spring time joyous Spring time | A |
| - | |
| The Summer O the Summer | E |
| Who does not know it well | B |
| When the ringdoves coo the long day through | F |
| And the bee refills his cell | B |
| When the swish of the mower is heard at morn | G |
| And we all in the woods go roaming | D |
| And waiting is over and love is born | G |
| And shy lips meet in the gloaming | D |
| In the Summer ripening Summer | E |
| - | |
| The Autumn O the Autumn | H |
| Who does not know it well | B |
| When the leaf turns brown and the mast drops down | I |
| And the chestnut splits its shell | B |
| When we muse o'er the days that have gone before | J |
| And the days that will follow after | E |
| When the grain lies deep on the winnowing floor | J |
| And the plump gourd hangs from the rafter | E |
| In the Autumn thoughtful Autumn | H |
| - | |
| The Winter O the Winter | E |
| Who does not know it well | B |
| When day after day the fields stretch gray | K |
| And the peewit wails on the fell | B |
| When we close up the crannies and shut out the cold | L |
| And the wind sounds hoarse and hollow | M |
| And our dead loves sleep in the churchyard mould | L |
| And we feel that we soon shall follow | M |
| In the Winter mournful Winter | E |
Alfred Austin
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