Poet Andrew Marvell

Andrew Marvell

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A Garden Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEEEEEEFFGGEEEE HHIIJJ

Written after the Civil WarsA
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See how the flowers as at paradeB
Under their colours stand display'dB
Each regiment in order growsC
That of the tulip pink and roseC
But when the vigilant patrolD
Of stars walks round about the poleD
Their leaves that to the stalks are curl'dE
Seem to their staves the ensigns furl'dE
Then in some flower's belov egrave d hutE
Each bee as sentinel is shutE
And sleeps so too but if once stirr'dE
She runs you through nor asks the wordE
O thou that dear and happy IsleF
The garden of the world erewhileF
Thou Paradise of the four seasG
Which Heaven planted us to pleaseG
But to exclude the world did guardE
With wat'ry if not flaming swordE
What luckless apple did we tasteE
To make us mortal and thee wasteE
Unhappy shall we never moreH
That sweet militia restoreH
When gardens only had their towersI
And all the garrisons were flowersI
When roses only arms might bearJ
And men did rosy garlands wearJ

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