Too Soon So Fair, Fair Lilies Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCD EFGGF HEIIE HHJJK| TOO soon so fair fair lilies | A |
| To bloom is then to wane | B |
| The folded bud has still | C |
| To morrow at its will | C |
| Blown flowers can never blow again | D |
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| Too soon so bright bright noontide | E |
| The sun that now is high | F |
| Will henceforth only sink | G |
| Towards the western brink | G |
| Day that's at prime begins to die | F |
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| Too soon so rich ripe summer | H |
| For autumn tracks thee fast | E |
| Lo death marks on the leaf | I |
| Sweet summer and my grief | I |
| For summer come is summer past | E |
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| Too soon too soon lost summer | H |
| Some hours and thou art o'er | H |
| Ah death is part of birth | J |
| Summer leaves not the earth | J |
| But last year's summer lives no more | K |
Augusta Davies Webster
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