Garden Games Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDEFGHIJDKLM ENOIP KQRSHTUUVWTT XYZ A2FHB2PC2D2 B2B2XB2B2X E2F2B2B2XA2XRG2G2KH2 WB2A2XI2HB2J2B2 XB2B2I2I2K2XCB2XB2L2 A2A2 NKB2M2CN2 THB2B2O2XA2NA2P2Q2B2 R2WYS2B2I2I2XX HB2B2B2B2TT2XB2YXB2B 2B2I2B2B2T2B2XB2I2B2 B2M2U2U2B2V2V2B2B2B2 W2 B2X2B2| The tall clock is striking twelve | A |
| And the little girls stop in the hall to watch it | B |
| And the big ships rocking in a half circle | C |
| Above the dial | C |
| Twelve o'clock | D |
| Down the side steps | E |
| Go the little girls | F |
| Under their big round straw hats | G |
| Minna's has a pink ribbon | H |
| Stella's a blue | I |
| That is the way they know which is which | J |
| Twelve o'clock | D |
| An hour yet before dinner | K |
| Mother is busy in the still room | L |
| And Hannah is making gingerbread | M |
| - | |
| Slowly with lagging steps | E |
| They follow the garden path | N |
| Crushing a leaf of box for its acrid smell | O |
| Discussing what they shall do | I |
| And doing nothing | P |
| - | |
| Stella see that grasshopper | K |
| Climbing up the bank | Q |
| What a jump | R |
| Almost as long as my arm | S |
| Run children run | H |
| For the grasshopper is leaping away | T |
| In half circle curves | U |
| Shuttlecock curves | U |
| Over the grasses | V |
| Hand in hand the little girls call to him | W |
| Grandfather grandfather gray | T |
| Give me molasses or I'll throw you away | T |
| - | |
| The grasshopper leaps into the sunlight | X |
| Golden green | Y |
| And is gone | Z |
| - | |
| Let's catch a bee | A2 |
| Round whirl the little girls | F |
| And up the garden | H |
| Two heads are thrust among the Canterbury bells | B2 |
| Listening | P |
| And fingers clasp and unclasp behind backs | C2 |
| In a strain of silence | D2 |
| - | |
| White bells | B2 |
| Blue bells | B2 |
| Hollow and reflexed | X |
| Deep tunnels of blue and white dimness | B2 |
| Cool wine tunnels for bees | B2 |
| There is a floundering and buzzing over Minna's head | X |
| - | |
| Bend it down Stella Quick Quick | E2 |
| The wide mouth of a blossom | F2 |
| Is pressed together in Minna's fingers | B2 |
| The stem flies up jiggling its flower bells | B2 |
| And Minna holds the dark blue cup in her hand | X |
| With the bee | A2 |
| Imprisoned in it | X |
| Whirr Buzz Bump | R |
| Bump Whiz Bang | G2 |
| BANG | G2 |
| The blue flower tears across like paper | K |
| And a gold black bee darts away in the sunshine | H2 |
| - | |
| If we could fly we could catch him | W |
| The sunshine is hot on Stella's upturned face | B2 |
| As she stares after the bee | A2 |
| We'll follow him in a dove chariot | X |
| Come on Stella | I2 |
| Run children | H |
| Along the red gravel paths | B2 |
| For a bee is hard to catch | J2 |
| Even with a chariot of doves | B2 |
| - | |
| Tall still and cowled | X |
| Stand the monk's hoods | B2 |
| Taller than the heads of the little girls | B2 |
| A blossom for Minna | I2 |
| A blossom for Stella | I2 |
| Off comes the cowl | K2 |
| And there is a purple painted chariot | X |
| Off comes the forward petal | C |
| And there are two little green doves | B2 |
| With green traces tying them to the chariot | X |
| Now we will get in and fly right up to the clouds | B2 |
| Fly Doves up in the sky | L2 |
| With Minna and me | A2 |
| After the bee | A2 |
| - | |
| Up one path | N |
| Down another | K |
| Run the little girls | B2 |
| Holding their dove chariots in front of them | M2 |
| But the bee is hidden in the trumpet of a honeysuckle | C |
| With his wings folded along his back | N2 |
| - | |
| The dove chariots are thrown away | T |
| And the little girls wander slowly through the garden | H |
| Sucking the salvia tips | B2 |
| And squeezing the snapdragons | B2 |
| To make them gape | O2 |
| I'm so hot | X |
| Let's pick a pansy | A2 |
| And see the little man in his bath | N |
| And play we're he | A2 |
| A royal bath tub | P2 |
| Hung with purple stuffs and yellow | Q2 |
| The great purple yellow wings | B2 |
| Rise up behind the little red and green man | R2 |
| The purple yellow wings fan him | W |
| He dabbles his feet in cool green | Y |
| Off with the green sheath | S2 |
| And there are two spindly legs | B2 |
| Heigho sighs Minna | I2 |
| Heigho sighs Stella | I2 |
| There is not a flutter of wind | X |
| And the sun is directly overhead | X |
| - | |
| Along the edge of the garden | H |
| Walk the little girls | B2 |
| Their hats round and yellow like cheeses | B2 |
| Are dangling by the ribbons | B2 |
| The grass is a tumult of buttercups and daisies | B2 |
| Buttercups and daisies streaming away | T |
| Up the hill | T2 |
| The garden is purple and pink and orange and scarlet | X |
| The garden is hot with colours | B2 |
| But the meadow is only yellow and white and green | Y |
| Cool and long and quiet | X |
| The little girls pick buttercups | B2 |
| And hold them under each other's chins | B2 |
| You're as gold as Grandfather's snuff box | B2 |
| You're going to be very rich Minna | I2 |
| Oh o o Then I'll ask my husband to give me a pair of garnet earrings | B2 |
| Just like Aunt Nancy's | B2 |
| I wonder if he will | T2 |
| I know We'll tell fortunes | B2 |
| That's what we'll do | X |
| Plump down in the meadow grass | B2 |
| Stella and Minna | I2 |
| With their round yellow hats | B2 |
| Like cheeses | B2 |
| Beside them | M2 |
| Drop | U2 |
| Drop | U2 |
| Daisy petals | B2 |
| One I love | V2 |
| Two I love | V2 |
| Three I love I say | B2 |
| The ground is peppered with daisy petals | B2 |
| And the little girls nibble the golden centres | B2 |
| And play it is cake | W2 |
| - | |
| A bell rings | B2 |
| Dinner time | X2 |
| And after dinner there are lessons | B2 |
Amy Lowell
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