Sonnet Xlii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACDBDEFEFGH I| Lo the YEAR's FINAL DAY Nature performs | A |
| Its obsequies with darkness wind and rain | B |
| But Man is jocund Hark th' exultant strain | B |
| From towers and steeples drowns the wintry storms | A |
| No village spire but to the cots and farms | C |
| Right merrily its scant and tuneless peal | D |
| Rings round Ah joy ungrateful mirth insane | B |
| Wherefore the senseless triumph ye who feel | D |
| This annual portion of brief Life the while | E |
| Depart for ever Brought it no dear hours | F |
| Of health and night rest none that saw the smile | E |
| On lips belov'd O with as gentle powers | F |
| Will the next pass Ye pause yet careless hear | G |
| Strike these last Clocks that knell th' EXPIRING YEAR | H |
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| Dec st | I |
Anna Seward
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