Autumn. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGCHIJKLMNOPQRS TU PVPWPX YZGA2GB2C2D2E2F2G2H2 I2J2K2L2M2N2O2 P2Q2R2S2XT2U2V2W2X2Y 2Z2 A3LB3C3D3E3F3| If seasons like the human race had souls | A |
| Then two artistic spirits live within | B |
| The Chameleon mind of Autumn these | C |
| The Poet's mentor and the Painter's guide | D |
| The myriad thoughted phases of the mind | E |
| Are truly represented by the hues | F |
| That thrill the forests with prophetic fire | G |
| And what could painter's skill compared to these | C |
| What palette ever held the flaming tints | H |
| That on these leafy hieroglyphs foretell | I |
| How set the ebbing currents of the year | J |
| What poet's page was ever like to this | K |
| Or told the lesson of life's waning days | L |
| More forcibly with more of natural truth | M |
| Than yon red maples or these poplars white | N |
| As the pale shroud that wraps some human corse | O |
| And then again the spirit of a King | P |
| Clothed with that majesty most monarchs lack | Q |
| Might fit old Autumn for his royal rule | R |
| For here is kingly ermine cloth of gold | S |
| And purple robes well worthy to be worn | T |
| By the best monarch that e'er donned a crown | U |
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| Proclaim him Royal Autumn Poet King | P |
| The Laureate of the Seasons whose rare songs | V |
| Are such as lyrist never hoped to fling | P |
| On the fine ear of an admiring world | W |
| Autumn the Poet Painter and true King | P |
| His gorgeous Ideality speaks forth | X |
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| From the rare colors of the changing leaves | Y |
| And the ripe blood that swells his purple veins | Z |
| Is as the glowing of a sacred fire | G |
| He walks with Shelley's spirit on the cliffs | A2 |
| Of the Ethereal Caucasus and o'er | G |
| The summits of the Euganean hills | B2 |
| And meets the soul of Wordsworth in profound | C2 |
| And philosophic meditation rapt | D2 |
| In some great dream of love towards | E2 |
| The human race The cheery Spring may come | F2 |
| And touch the dreaming flowers into life | G2 |
| Summer expand her leafy sea of green | H2 |
| And wake the joyful wilderness to song | I2 |
| As a fair hand strikes music from a lyre | J2 |
| But Autumn from its daybreak to its close | K2 |
| Setting in florid beauty like the sun | L2 |
| Robed with rare brightness and ethereal flame | M2 |
| Holds all the year's ripe fruitage in its hands | N2 |
| And dies with songs of praise upon its lips | O2 |
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| And then the Indian Summer bland as June | P2 |
| Some Tuscarora King Algonquin Seer | Q2 |
| Or Huron Chief returned to smoke the Pipe | R2 |
| Of Peace upon the ancient hunting grounds | S2 |
| The mighty shade in spirit walking forth | X |
| To feel the beauty of his native woods | T2 |
| Flashing in Autumn vestures or to mark | U2 |
| The scanty remnants of the scattered tribes | V2 |
| Wending towards their graves Few Braves are left | W2 |
| Few mighty Hunters fewer stately Chiefs | X2 |
| Like great Tecumseth fit to take the field | Y2 |
| And lead the tribes to certain victory | Z2 |
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| Choosing annihilation to defeat | A3 |
| But having run thy gauntlet of their days | L |
| This Autumn remnant of some unknown race | B3 |
| Nearing the Winter of their sad decay | C3 |
| Fall like dry leaves into the lap of Time | D3 |
| Their old trunks sapless their tough branches bare | E3 |
| And Fate's shrill war whoop thund'ring at their heels | F3 |
Charles Sangster
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