Spring Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BC DDE FDEDGHI JC K ELMNOPQRREKRC S T UVWXCVYZXA2 HDB B2 C2D2YE2 KF2B2C G2 H2KEI2XJ2K2L2D2M2TK2 K2K2 K2N2 O2 P2Q2RK2TVTK2 K2E2K2K2 K2K2K2K2TT C K2K2K2TTCBath | A |
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The day is fresh washed and fair and there is a smell of tulips and narcissus | B |
in the air | C |
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The sunshine pours in at the bath room window and bores through the water | D |
in the bath tub in lathes and planes of greenish white It cleaves the water | D |
into flaws like a jewel and cracks it to bright light | E |
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Little spots of sunshine lie on the surface of the water and dance dance | F |
and their reflections wobble deliciously over the ceiling a stir of my finger | D |
sets them whirring reeling I move a foot and the planes of light | E |
in the water jar I lie back and laugh and let the green white water | D |
the sun flawed beryl water flow over me The day is almost | G |
too bright to bear the green water covers me from the too bright day | H |
I will lie here awhile and play with the water and the sun spots | I |
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The sky is blue and high A crow flaps by the window and there is | J |
a whiff of tulips and narcissus in the air | C |
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Breakfast Table | K |
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In the fresh washed sunlight the breakfast table is decked and white | E |
It offers itself in flat surrender tendering tastes and smells | L |
and colours and metals and grains and the white cloth falls over its side | M |
draped and wide Wheels of white glitter in the silver coffee pot | N |
hot and spinning like catherine wheels they whirl and twirl and my eyes | O |
begin to smart the little white dazzling wheels prick them like darts | P |
Placid and peaceful the rolls of bread spread themselves in the sun to bask | Q |
A stack of butter pats pyramidal shout orange through the white scream | R |
flutter call 'Yellow Yellow Yellow ' Coffee steam rises in a stream | R |
clouds the silver tea service with mist and twists up into the sunlight | E |
revolved involuted suspiring higher and higher fluting in a thin spiral | K |
up the high blue sky A crow flies by and croaks at the coffee steam | R |
The day is new and fair with good smells in the air | C |
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Walk | S |
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Over the street the white clouds meet and sheer away without touching | T |
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On the sidewalks boys are playing marbles Glass marbles | U |
with amber and blue hearts roll together and part with a sweet | V |
clashing noise The boys strike them with black and red striped agates | W |
The glass marbles spit crimson when they are hit and slip into the gutters | X |
under rushing brown water I smell tulips and narcissus in the air | C |
but there are no flowers anywhere only white dust whipping up the street | V |
and a girl with a gay Spring hat and blowing skirts The dust and the wind | Y |
flirt at her ankles and her neat high heeled patent leather shoes Tap tap | Z |
the little heels pat the pavement and the wind rustles among the flowers | X |
on her hat | A2 |
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A water cart crawls slowly on the other side of the way It is green and gay | H |
with new paint and rumbles contentedly sprinkling clear water over | D |
the white dust Clear zigzagging water which smells of tulips and narcissus | B |
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The thickening branches make a pink grisaille' against the blue sky | B2 |
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Whoop The clouds go dashing at each other and sheer away just in time | C2 |
Whoop And a man's hat careers down the street in front of the white dust | D2 |
leaps into the branches of a tree veers away and trundles ahead of the wind | Y |
jarring the sunlight into spokes of rose colour and green | E2 |
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A motor car cuts a swathe through the bright air sharp beaked irresistible | K |
shouting to the wind to make way A glare of dust and sunshine | F2 |
tosses together behind it and settles down The sky is quiet and high | B2 |
and the morning is fair with fresh washed air | C |
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Midday and Afternoon | G2 |
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Swirl of crowded streets Shock and recoil of traffic The stock still | H2 |
brick facade of an old church against which the waves of people | K |
lurch and withdraw Flare of sunshine down side streets Eddies of light | E |
in the windows of chemists' shops with their blue gold purple jars | I2 |
darting colours far into the crowd Loud bangs and tremors | X |
murmurings out of high windows whirring of machine belts | J2 |
blurring of horses and motors A quick spin and shudder of brakes | K2 |
on an electric car and the jar of a church bell knocking against | L2 |
the metal blue of the sky I am a piece of the town a bit of blown dust | D2 |
thrust along with the crowd Proud to feel the pavement under me | M2 |
reeling with feet Feet tripping skipping lagging dragging | T |
plodding doggedly or springing up and advancing on firm elastic insteps | K2 |
A boy is selling papers I smell them clean and new from the press | K2 |
They are fresh like the air and pungent as tulips and narcissus | K2 |
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The blue sky pales to lemon and great tongues of gold blind the shop windows | K2 |
putting out their contents in a flood of flame | N2 |
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Night and Sleep | O2 |
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The day takes her ease in slippered yellow Electric signs gleam out | P2 |
along the shop fronts following each other They grow and grow | Q2 |
and blow into patterns of fire flowers as the sky fades Trades scream | R |
in spots of light at the unruffled night Twinkle jab snap that means | K2 |
a new play and over the way plop drop quiver is the sidelong | T |
sliver of a watchmaker's sign with its length on another street | V |
A gigantic mug of beer effervesces to the atmosphere over a tall building | T |
but the sky is high and has her own stars why should she heed ours | K2 |
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I leave the city with speed Wheels whirl to take me back to my trees | K2 |
and my quietness The breeze which blows with me is fresh washed and clean | E2 |
it has come but recently from the high sky There are no flowers | K2 |
in bloom yet but the earth of my garden smells of tulips and narcissus | K2 |
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My room is tranquil and friendly Out of the window I can see | K2 |
the distant city a band of twinkling gems little flower heads with no stems | K2 |
I cannot see the beer glass nor the letters of the restaurants and shops | K2 |
I passed now the signs blur and all together make the city | K2 |
glowing on a night of fine weather like a garden stirring and blowing | T |
for the Spring | T |
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The night is fresh washed and fair and there is a whiff of flowers in the air | C |
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Wrap me close sheets of lavender Pour your blue and purple dreams | K2 |
into my ears The breeze whispers at the shutters and mutters | K2 |
queer tales of old days and cobbled streets and youths leaping their horses | K2 |
down marble stairways Pale blue lavender you are the colour of the sky | T |
when it is fresh washed and fair I smell the stars they are like | T |
tulips and narcissus I smell them in the air | C |
Amy Lowell
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