Burning Leaves, November Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE AFDFTHESE are the folios of April | A |
All the library of spring | B |
Missals gilt and rubricated | C |
With the frost's illumining | B |
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Ruthless we destroy these treasures | D |
Set the torch with hand profane | E |
Gone like Alexandrian vellums | D |
Like the books of burnt Louvain | E |
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Yet these classics are immortal | A |
O collectors have no fear | F |
For the publisher will issue | D |
New editions every year | F |
Christopher Morley
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