To The Spring Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGFHIJKLMNOOPQQ RSSTUVWXYZA2SZB2C2D2 ZZZ E2F2FMG2ZFZH2I2J2K2L 2M2N2O2P2Q2Q2 ZZQZR2S2ZT2U2V2YW2X2 Y2VZ2U2MMZZZA3B3C3ZD 3E3F3G3MZRM2ZH3MM

OR OF THE FABLES OF THE ANCIENTSA
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Now that the sun the faded charmsB
Of heaven again restoresC
And gentle zephyr the sick air revivesD
And the dark shadows of the cloudsE
Are put to flightF
And birds their naked breasts confideG
Unto the wind and the soft lightF
With new desire of love and with new hopeH
The conscious beasts in the deep woodsI
Amid the melting frosts inspiresJ
May not to you poor human soulsK
Weary and overborne with griefL
The happy age return which miseryM
And truth's dark torch before its time consumedN
Have not the golden raysO
Of Phoebus vanished from your gazeO
Forever Say O gentle SpringP
Canst thou this icy heart inspire and meltQ
That in the bloom of youth the frost of age hath feltQ
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O holy Nature art thou still aliveR
Alive And does the unaccustomed earS
Of thy maternal voice the accents hearS
Of white nymphs once the streams were the abodeT
And in the clear founts mirrored were their formsU
Mysterious dances of immortal feetV
The mountain tops and lofty forests shookW
To day the lonely mansions of the windsX
And when the shepherd boy the noontide shadeY
Would seek or bring his thirsty lambsZ
Unto the flowery margin of the streamA2
Along the banks the clear song would he hearS
And pipe of rustic FaunsZ
Would see the waters moveB2
And stand amazed when hidden from the viewC2
The quiver bearing goddess would descendD2
Into the genial wavesZ
And from her snow white arms effaceZ
The dust and blood of the exciting chaseZ
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The flowers the herbs once livedE2
The groves with life were filledF2
Soft airs and clouds and every shining lightF
Were with the human race in sympathyM
When thee fair star of Venus o'erG2
The hills and dalesZ
The traveller in the lonely nightF
Pursuing with his earnest gazeZ
The sweet companion of his pathH2
The loving friend of mortals deemedI2
When he who fleeing from the impious strifeJ2
Of cities filled with mutiny and shameK2
In depths of woods remoteL2
The rough trees clasping to his breastM2
The vital flame seemed in their veins to feelN2
The breathing leaves of Daphne or of Phyllis sadO2
And seemed the sisters' tears to see still shedP2
For him who smitten by the lightning's blastQ2
Into the swift Eridanus was castQ2
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Nor were ye deaf ye rigid rocksZ
To human sorrow's plaintive tonesZ
While in your dark recesses Echo dweltQ
No idle plaything of the windsZ
But spirit sad of hapless nymphR2
Whom unrequited love and cruel fateS2
Of her soft limbs deprived She o'er the grotsZ
The naked rocks and mansions desolateT2
Unto the depths of all embracing airU2
Our sorrows not to her unknownV2
Our broken loud laments conveyedY
And thou if fame belie thee notW2
Didst sound the depths of human woeX2
Sweet bird that comest to the leafy groveY2
The new born Spring to greetV
And when the fields are hushed in sleepZ2
To chant into the dark and silent airU2
The ancient wrongs and cruel treacheryM
That stirred the pity of the gods to seeM
But no thy race is not akin to oursZ
No sorrow framed thy melodiesZ
Thy voice of crime unconscious pleases lessZ
Along the dusky valley heardA3
Ah since the mansions of Olympus allB3
Are desolate and without guide the boltC3
That wandering o'er the cloud capped mountain topsZ
In horror cold dissolves alikeD3
The guilty and the innocentE3
Since this our earthly homeF3
A stranger to her children has becomeG3
And brings them up to miseryM
Lend thou an ear dear Nature to the woesZ
And wretched fate of mortals and reviveR
The ancient spark within my breastM2
If thou indeed dost live if aught there isZ
In heaven or on the sun lit earthH3
Or in the bosom of the seaM
That pities No but sees our miseryM

Count Giacomo Leopardi



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