A Birthday Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG HIHI FJFJ KLKL IMNM| Fifteen years have come and gone | A |
| Maiden since thy large brown eyes | B |
| Opened first and looked upon | C |
| Wintry English skies | B |
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| Fifteen treasure ships they were | D |
| Sailing on life's sunlit sea | E |
| Bearing frankincense and myrrh | D |
| Sent from heaven to thee | E |
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| Fifteen pilgrims old and gray | F |
| Mounted upon moments fleet | G |
| Who have seen thee but to lay | F |
| Pleasure at thy feet | G |
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| Fifteen maids who like a queen | H |
| Decked thee Sweet with beauty rare | I |
| Till the world hath never seen | H |
| Maiden half so fair | I |
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| And a sixteenth year to day | F |
| Brings a wreath of budding hours | J |
| Saying Let not one decay | F |
| All must grow to flowers | J |
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| All have not the self same needs | K |
| Loving smiles are life to some | L |
| Others but by kindly deeds | K |
| To perfection come | L |
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| Some are quickened by a tear | I |
| Some by hopes and pleasures dead | M |
| Take them Bright Eyes without fear | N |
| God is overhead | M |
Arthur Weir
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