Poppies Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC BEEB FGGF HIIH JKKJ FAAF FLLF| Where the poppy banners flow | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp in and out amongst the corn | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp spotless morn | B |
| ever saw us come and go | A |
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| hand in hand as girl and boy | C |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp warming fast to youth and maid | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp half afraid | D |
| at the hint of passionate joy | C |
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| still in Summer's rose unshown | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp yet we heard nor knew a fear | E |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp strong and clear | E |
| summer's eager clarion blown | B |
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| from the sunrise to the set | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp now our feet are far away | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp night and day | G |
| do the old known spots forget | F |
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| Sweet I wonder if those hours | H |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp breathe of us now parted thence | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp if a sense | I |
| of our love birth thrill their flowers | H |
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| Poppies flush all tremulous | J |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp has our love grown into them | K |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp root and stem | K |
| are the red blooms red with us | J |
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| Summer's standards are outroll'd | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp other lovers wander slow | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp I would know | A |
| if the morn is that of old | F |
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| Here our days bloom fuller yet | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp happiness is all our task | L |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp still I ask | L |
| do the vanish'd days forget | F |
Christopher John Brennan
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