Spring On The River Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBBACCA ADDDAEEA ADDDADDA ADDDAFFA| O sun shine hot on the river | A |
| For the ice is turning an ashen hue | B |
| And the still bright water is looking through | B |
| And the myriad streams are greeting you | B |
| With a ballad of life to the giver | A |
| From forest and field and sunny town | C |
| Meeting and running and tripping down | C |
| With laughter and song to the river | A |
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| Oh the din on the boats by the river | A |
| The barges are ringing while day avails | D |
| With sound of hewing and hammering nails | D |
| Planing and painting and swinging pails | D |
| All day in their shrill endeavor | A |
| For the waters brim over their wintry cup | E |
| And the grinding ice is breaking up | E |
| And we must away down the river | A |
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| Oh the hum and the toil of the river | A |
| The ridge of the rapid sprays and skips | D |
| Loud and low by the water's lips | D |
| Tearing the wet pines into strips | D |
| The saw mill is moaning ever | A |
| The little grey sparrow skips and calls | D |
| On the rocks in the rain of the water falls | D |
| And the logs are adrift in the river | A |
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| Oh restlessly whirls the river | A |
| The rivulets run and the cataract drones | D |
| The spiders are flitting over the stones | D |
| Summer winds float and the cedar moans | D |
| And the eddies gleam and quiver | A |
| O sun shine hot shine long and abide | F |
| In the glory and power of the summer tide | F |
| On the swift longing face of the river | A |
Archibald Lampman
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