The Lonely Sparrow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFFGGHIJEJKK LMLNOPPQQRSSTEEUVWXY ZFA2LLB2C2SS D2LDLE2F2G2H2I2JDDJ2 J2K2L2| Thou from the top of yonder antique tower | A |
| O lonely sparrow wandering hast gone | B |
| Thy song repeating till the day is done | C |
| And through this valley strays the harmony | D |
| How Spring rejoices in the fields around | E |
| And fills the air with light | F |
| So that the heart is melted at the sight | F |
| Hark to the bleating flocks the lowing herds | G |
| In sweet content the other birds | G |
| Through the free sky in emulous circles wheel | H |
| In pure enjoyment of their happy time | I |
| Thou pensive gazest on the scene apart | J |
| Nor wilt thou join them in the merry round | E |
| Shy playmate thou for mirth hast little heart | J |
| And with thy plaintive music dost consume | K |
| Both of the year and of thy life the bloom | K |
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| Alas how much my ways | L |
| Resemble thine The laughter and the sport | M |
| That fill with glee our youthful days | L |
| And thee O love who art youth's brother still | N |
| Too oft the bitter sigh of later years | O |
| I care not for I know not why | P |
| But from them ever distant fly | P |
| Here in my native place | Q |
| As if of alien race | Q |
| My spring of life I like a hermit pass | R |
| This day that to the evening now gives way | S |
| Is in our town an ancient holiday | S |
| Hark through the air that voice of festal bell | T |
| While rustic guns in frequent thunders sound | E |
| Reverberated from the hills around | E |
| In festal robes arrayed | U |
| The neighboring youth | V |
| Their houses leaving o'er the roads are spread | W |
| They pleasant looks exchange and in their hearts | X |
| Rejoice I lonely in this distant spot | Y |
| Along the country wandering | Z |
| Postpone all pleasure and delight | F |
| To some more genial time meanwhile | A2 |
| As through the sunny air around I gaze | L |
| My brow is smitten by his rays | L |
| As after such a day serene | B2 |
| Dropping behind yon distant hills | C2 |
| He vanishes and seems to say | S |
| That thus all happy youth must pass away | S |
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| Thou lonely little bird when thou | D2 |
| Hast reached the evening of the days | L |
| Thy stars assign to thee | D |
| Wilt surely not regret thy ways | L |
| For all thy wishes are | E2 |
| Obedient to Nature's law But ah | F2 |
| If I in spite of all my prayers | G2 |
| Am doomed the hateful threshold of old age | H2 |
| To cross when these dull eyes will give | I2 |
| No response to another's heart | J |
| The world to them a void will be | D |
| Each day become more full of misery | D |
| How then will this my wish appear | J2 |
| In those dark hours that dungeon drear | J2 |
| My blighted youth my sore distress | K2 |
| Alas will then seem happiness | L2 |
Count Giacomo Leopardi
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