Archibald Lampman

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The Sweetness Of Life Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCAAA CDADEFGFHBAB CIAICJAJHCAC CKCKHCAC

It fell on a day I was happyA
And the winds the concave skyB
The flowers and the beasts in the meadowC
Seemed happy even as IB
And I stretched my hands to the meadowC
To the bird the beast the treeA
Why are ye all so happyA
I cried and they answered meA
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What sayest thou Oh meadowC
That stretchest so wide so farD
That none can say how manyA
Thy misty marguerites areD
And what say ye red rosesE
That o'er the sun blanched wallF
From your high black shadowed trellisG
Like flame or blood drops fallF
We are born we are reared and we lingerH
A various space and dieB
We dream and are bright and happyA
But we cannot answer whyB
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What sayest thou Oh shadowC
That from the dreaming hillI
All down the broadening valleyA
Liest so sharp and stillI
And thou Oh murmuring brookletC
Whereby in the noonday gleamJ
The loosestrife burns like rubyA
And the branched asters dreamJ
We are born we are reared and we lingerH
A various space and dieC
We dream and are very happyA
But we cannot answer whyC
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And then of myself I questionedC
That like a ghost the whileK
Stood from me and calmly answeredC
With slow and curious smileK
Thou art born as the flowers and wilt lingerH
Thine own short space and dieC
Thou dream'st and art strangely happyA
But thou canst not answer whyC

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