Snow Is Falling Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH AIJI KLMN OPQR STUS V WAXAEVAH| Snow is falling snow is falling | A |
| Geranium flowers reach | B |
| for the blizzard s small white stars | C |
| past the window s edge | D |
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| Snow is falling all is lost | E |
| the whole world s streaming past | F |
| the flight of steps on the back stairs | G |
| the corner where roads cross | H |
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| Snow is falling snow is falling | A |
| not snowflakes stealing down | I |
| Sky parachutes to earth instead | J |
| in his worn dressing gown | I |
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| As if he s playing hide and seek | K |
| across the upper landings | L |
| a mad thing slowly sneaks | M |
| Sky creeps down from the attic | N |
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| It s all because life won t wait | O |
| before you know it s Christmas here | P |
| And look in a minute | Q |
| suddenly it s New Year | R |
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| Snow is falling deeper deeper | S |
| Maybe with that same stride | T |
| in that same tempo | U |
| with that same languor | S |
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| Time s going by | V |
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| Year after year perhaps | W |
| passing as snow s falling | A |
| like words in a poem | X |
| Snow s falling snow s falling | A |
| Snow is falling all is lost | E |
| the whitened passers by | V |
| leaves startled showing | A |
| the corners where roads cross | H |
Boris Pasternak
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