In Winter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKM NONP QGQG| Golden and white in the garden walk | A |
| Chrysanthemums gather their bravest show | B |
| Mid withered blossom and wilted stalk | A |
| Where never a rosebud dares to blow | B |
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| For winter is coming icy and stern | C |
| And the grasses rank in the paddocks hold | D |
| No plumy rushes or waving fern | C |
| No buttercup treasures of fairy gold | D |
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| And on the bough of the peach tree bare | E |
| Neath the curtained window open thrown | F |
| All in the chill and frosty air | E |
| A little brown bird is singing alone | F |
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| Sing on little bird for the sky grows red | G |
| And the night wind is rising cold and chill | H |
| And Death is coming with footsteps dread | G |
| To the farmhouse under the lonely hill | H |
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| Over the mountain and down by the creek | I |
| Stirring the rushes with icy breath | J |
| Waileth the wind in the tree tops bleak | I |
| Rustling of wings of the angel of Death | J |
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| Sing on little bird from thy throbbing throat | K |
| She smiles to hear on her bed of pain | L |
| When thou triest in summer they fuller note | K |
| No more will she listen and smile again | M |
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| Sing of the land where the roses bloom | N |
| In the glorious summer that lasts for aye | O |
| Tell to the soul so near the tomb | N |
| What our trembling lips cannot bear to say | P |
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| How can we tell her of brighter skies | Q |
| When faith seems failing and hope is fled | G |
| God pity us all when the chill earth lies | Q |
| Over the face of our darling dead | G |
Alice Guerin Crist
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