Smells Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABB CCC DDD EEE FFGFWHY is it that the poet tells | A |
So little of the sense of smell | B |
These are the odors I love well | B |
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The smell of coffee freshly ground | C |
Or rich plum pudding holly crowned | C |
Or onions fried and deeply browned | C |
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The fragrance of a fumy pipe | D |
The smell of apples newly ripe | D |
And printer's ink on leaden type | D |
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Woods by moonlight in September | E |
Breathe most sweet and I remember | E |
Many a smoky camp fire ember | E |
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Camphor turpentine and tea | F |
The balsam of a Christmas tree | F |
These are whiffs of gramarye | G |
A ship smells best of all to me | F |
Christopher Morley
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Ethel Mathews: Loved this poem when in year 6 & it came to mind this morning while frying onions. Still love it.
Ethel mathews: I loved this poem when in Year 6 & 63 years later it comes to mind while frying onions. Still love it.
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