A Year's Windfalls Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE AGHGIAJA KLMLNOPO QRSRTUTU TPVPWDXD YZBZA2DA2D B2C2DC2D2DD2D DDE2DLTOT FF2G2F2H2DI2D FJ2DJ2K2L2AL2 FM2N2M2O2DDD FH2OH2DBP2BOn the wind of January | A |
Down flits the snow | B |
Travelling from the frozen North | C |
As cold as it can blow | B |
Poor robin redbreast | D |
Look where he comes | E |
Let him in to feel your fire | F |
And toss him of your crumbs | E |
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On the wind in February | A |
Snow flakes float still | G |
Half inclined to turn to rain | H |
Nipping dripping chill | G |
Then the thaws swell the streams | I |
And swollen rivers swell the sea | A |
If the winter ever ends | J |
How pleasant it will be | A |
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In the wind of windy March | K |
The catkins drop down | L |
Curly caterpillar like | M |
Curious green and brown | L |
With concourse of nest building birds | N |
And leaf buds by the way | O |
We begin to think of flowers | P |
And life and nuts some day | O |
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With the gusts of April | Q |
Rich fruit tree blossoms fall | R |
On the hedged in orchard green | S |
From the southern wall | R |
Apple trees and pear trees | T |
Shed petals white or pink | U |
Plum trees and peach trees | T |
While sharp showers sink and sink | U |
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Little brings the May breeze | T |
Beside pure scent of flowers | P |
While all things wax and nothing wanes | V |
In lengthening daylight hours | P |
Across the hyacinth beds | W |
The wind lags warm and sweet | D |
Across the hawthorn tops | X |
Across the blades of wheat | D |
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In the wind of sunny June | Y |
Thrives the red rose crop | Z |
Every day fresh blossoms blow | B |
While the first leaves drop | Z |
White rose and yellow rose | A2 |
And moss rose choice to find | D |
And the cottage cabbage rose | A2 |
Not one whit behind | D |
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On the blast of scorched July | B2 |
Drives the pelting hail | C2 |
From thunderous lightning clouds that blot | D |
Blue heaven grown lurid pale | C2 |
Weedy waves are tossed ashore | D2 |
Sea things strange to sight | D |
Gasp upon the barren shore | D2 |
And fade away in light | D |
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In the parching August wind | D |
Cornfields bow the head | D |
Sheltered in round valley depths | E2 |
On low hills outspread | D |
Early leaves drop loitering down | L |
Weightless on the breeze | T |
First fruits of the year's decay | O |
From the withering trees | T |
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In brisk wind of September | F |
The heavy headed fruits | F2 |
Shake upon their bending boughs | G2 |
And drop from the shoots | F2 |
Some glow golden in the sun | H2 |
Some show green and streaked | D |
Some set forth a purple bloom | I2 |
Some blush rosy cheeked | D |
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In strong blast of October | F |
At the equinox | J2 |
Stirred up in his hollow bed | D |
Broad ocean rocks | J2 |
Plunge the ships on his bosom | K2 |
Leaps and plunges the foam | L2 |
It's O for mothers' sons at sea | A |
That they were safe at home | L2 |
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In slack wind of November | F |
The fog forms and shifts | M2 |
All the world comes out again | N2 |
When the fog lifts | M2 |
Loosened from their sapless twigs | O2 |
Leaves drop with every gust | D |
Drifting rustling out of sight | D |
In the damp or dust | D |
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Last of all December | F |
The year's sands nearly run | H2 |
Speeds on the shortest day | O |
Curtails the sun | H2 |
With its bleak raw wind | D |
Lays the last leaves low | B |
Brings back the nightly frosts | P2 |
Brings back the snow | B |
Christina Rossetti
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