Compensation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFFGGDD HHIIJJDD KLMMBBDD| In that new world toward which our feet are set | A |
| Shall we find aught to make our hearts forget | A |
| Earth's homely joys and her bright hours of bliss | B |
| Has heaven a spell divine enough for this | B |
| For who the pleasure of the spring shall tell | C |
| When on the leafless stalk the brown buds swell | C |
| When the grass brightens and the days grow long | D |
| And little birds break out in rippling song | D |
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| O sweet the dropping eve the blush of morn | E |
| The starlit sky the rustling fields of corn | E |
| The soft airs blowing from the freshening seas | F |
| The sunflecked shadow of the stately trees | F |
| The mellow thunder and the lulling rain | G |
| The warm delicious happy summer rain | G |
| When the grass brightens and the days grow long | D |
| And little birds break out in rippling song | D |
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| O beauty manifold from morn till night | H |
| Dawn's flush noon's blaze and sunset's tender light | H |
| O fair familiar features changes sweet | I |
| Of her revolving seasons storm and sleet | I |
| And golden calm as slow she wheels through space | J |
| From snow to roses and how dear her face | J |
| When the grass brightens when the days grow long | D |
| And little birds break out in rippling song | D |
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| O happy earth O home so well beloved | K |
| What recompense have we from thee removed | L |
| One hope we have that overtops the whole | M |
| The hope of finding every vanished soul | M |
| We love and long for daily and for this | B |
| Gladly we turn from thee and all thy bliss | B |
| Even at thy loveliest when the days are long | D |
| And little birds break out in rippling song | D |
Celia Thaxter
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