The Spring Equinox Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDEFGGHIIJKJL AJAJMNMANN| Now is the pause between asleep and awake | A |
| Two seasons take | A |
| A colour and quality each from each as yet | B |
| The new stage set | B |
| Spandril column and fan of spring is raised against the | C |
| winter backdrop | D |
| Murrey and soft | E |
| Now aloft | F |
| The sun swings on the equinoctial line | G |
| Few flowers yet shine | G |
| The hellebore hangs a clear green bell and opulent leaves | H |
| above dark mould | I |
| The light is cold | I |
| In arum leaves and a primrose flickers | J |
| Here and there the first cool bird song flickers in the thicket | K |
| Clouds arc pale as the pollen from sallows | J |
| March fallows are white with lime like frost | L |
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| This is the pause between asleep and awake | A |
| The pause of contemplation and of peice | J |
| Before the earth must teem and the heart ache | A |
| This is the child's pause before it sees | J |
| That the choice of one way has denied the other | M |
| Must choose the either or both of to care and not to care | N |
| Before the light or darkness shall discover | M |
| Irreparable loss before it must take | A |
| Blame for the creature caught in the necessary snare | N |
| Receiving a profit before it holds a snare | N |
Anne Barbara Ridler
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