To The Snowdrop Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CCCC CDCD ECEC| Like pendent flakes of vegetating snow | A |
| The early herald of the infant year | B |
| Ere yet the adventurous crocus dares to blow | A |
| Beneath the orchard boughs thy buds appear | B |
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| While still the cold north east ungenial lours | C |
| And scarce the hazel in the leafless copse | C |
| Or sallows shew their downy powder'd flowers | C |
| The grass is spangled with thy silver drops | C |
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| Yet when those pallid blossoms shall give place | C |
| To countless tribes of richer hue and scent | D |
| Summer's gay blooms and autumn's yellow race | C |
| I shall thy pale inodorous bells lament | D |
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| So journeying onward in life's varying track | E |
| Ev'n while warm youth its bright illusion lends | C |
| Fond memory often with regret looks back | E |
| To childhood's pleasures and to infant friends | C |
Charlotte Smith
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