May Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEF ABCCC| I cannot tell you how it was | A |
| But this I know it came to pass | B |
| Upon a bright and breezy day | C |
| When May was young ah pleasant May | C |
| As yet the poppies were not born | D |
| Between the blades of tender corn | D |
| The last eggs had not hatched as yet | E |
| Nor any bird forgone its mate | F |
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| I cannot tell you what it was | A |
| But this I know it did but pass | B |
| It passed away with sunny May | C |
| With all sweet things it passed away | C |
| And left me old and cold and grey | C |
Christina Georgina Rossetti
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