The Rainbow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCCDEEFFGGFFCCHH IIFFJJIIKKLLMMFFFANN| After the tempest in the sky | A |
| How sweet yon rainbow to the eye | A |
| Come my Matilda now while some | B |
| Few drops of rain are yet to come | B |
| In this honeysuckle bower | C |
| Safely sheltered from the shower | C |
| We may count the colours o'er | C |
| Seven there are there are no more | D |
| Each in each so finely blended | E |
| Where they begin or where are ended | E |
| The finest eye can scarcely see | F |
| A fixed thing it seems to be | F |
| But while we speak see how it glides | G |
| Away and now observe it hides | G |
| Half of its perfect arch now we | F |
| Scarce any part of it can see | F |
| What is colour If I were | C |
| A natural philosopher | C |
| I would tell you what does make | H |
| This meteor every colour take | H |
| But an unlearned eye may view | I |
| Nature's rare sights and love them too | I |
| Whenever I a rainbow see | F |
| Each precious tint is dear to me | F |
| For every colour find I there | J |
| Which flowers which fields which ladies wear | J |
| My favourite green the grass's hue | I |
| And the fine deep violet blue | I |
| And the pretty pale blue bell | K |
| And the rose I love so well | K |
| All the wondrous variations | L |
| Of the tulips pinks carnations | L |
| This woodbine here both flower and leaf | M |
| 'Tis a truth that's past belief | M |
| That every flower and every tree | F |
| And every living thing we see | F |
| Every face which we espy | F |
| Every cheek and every eye | A |
| In all their tints in every shade | N |
| Are from the rainbow's colours made | N |
Charles Lamb
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