The First Leaf Of Spring Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEECCCCCFCGGFHH CCDDIIJJKJK| WRITTEN ON THE FIRST LEAF OF A LADY'S ALBUM | A |
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| Thou fragile filmy gossamery thing | B |
| First leaf of spring | B |
| At every lightest breath that quakest | C |
| And with a zephyr shakest | C |
| Scarce stout enough to hold thy slender form together | D |
| In calmest halcyon weather | D |
| Next sister to the web that spiders weave | E |
| Poor flutterers to deceive | E |
| Into their treacherous silken bed | C |
| O how art thou sustained how nourish d | C |
| All trivial as thou art | C |
| Without dispute | C |
| Thou play'st a mighty part | C |
| And art the herald to a throng | F |
| Of buds blooms fruit | C |
| That shall thy cracking branches sway | G |
| While birds on every spray | G |
| Shall pay the copious fruitage with a sylvan song | F |
| So 'tis with thee whoe'er on thee shall look | H |
| First leaf of this beginning modest book | H |
| Slender thou art God knowest | C |
| And little grace bestowest | C |
| But in thy train shall follow after | D |
| Wit wisdom seriousness in hand with laughter | D |
| Provoking jests restraining soberness | I |
| In their appropriate dress | I |
| And I shall joy to be outdone | J |
| By those who brighter trophies won | J |
| Without a grief | K |
| That I thy slender promise have begun | J |
| First leaf | K |
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Charles Lamb
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