Tempus Fugit Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABBCDDCCEFEGHEEII| Lovely Spring | A |
| A brief sweet thing | A |
| Is swift on the wing | A |
| Gracious Summer | B |
| A slow sweet comer | B |
| Hastens past | C |
| Autumn while sweet | D |
| Is all incomplete | D |
| With a moaning blast | C |
| Nothing can last | C |
| Can be cleaved unto | E |
| Can be dwelt upon | F |
| It is hurried through | E |
| It is come and gone | G |
| Undone it cannot be done | H |
| It is ever to do | E |
| Ever old ever new | E |
| Ever waxing old | I |
| And lapsing to Winter cold | I |
Christina Rossetti
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