To The Spring Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGFHIJKLMNOOPQQ RSSTUVWXYZA2SZB2C2D2 ZZZ E2F2FMG2ZFZH2I2J2K2L 2M2N2O2P2Q2Q2 ZZQZR2S2ZT2U2V2YW2X2 Y2VZ2U2MMZZZA3B3C3ZD 3E3F3G3MZRM2ZH3MMOR OF THE FABLES OF THE ANCIENTS | A |
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Now that the sun the faded charms | B |
Of heaven again restores | C |
And gentle zephyr the sick air revives | D |
And the dark shadows of the clouds | E |
Are put to flight | F |
And birds their naked breasts confide | G |
Unto the wind and the soft light | F |
With new desire of love and with new hope | H |
The conscious beasts in the deep woods | I |
Amid the melting frosts inspires | J |
May not to you poor human souls | K |
Weary and overborne with grief | L |
The happy age return which misery | M |
And truth's dark torch before its time consumed | N |
Have not the golden rays | O |
Of Phoebus vanished from your gaze | O |
Forever Say O gentle Spring | P |
Canst thou this icy heart inspire and melt | Q |
That in the bloom of youth the frost of age hath felt | Q |
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O holy Nature art thou still alive | R |
Alive And does the unaccustomed ear | S |
Of thy maternal voice the accents hear | S |
Of white nymphs once the streams were the abode | T |
And in the clear founts mirrored were their forms | U |
Mysterious dances of immortal feet | V |
The mountain tops and lofty forests shook | W |
To day the lonely mansions of the winds | X |
And when the shepherd boy the noontide shade | Y |
Would seek or bring his thirsty lambs | Z |
Unto the flowery margin of the stream | A2 |
Along the banks the clear song would he hear | S |
And pipe of rustic Fauns | Z |
Would see the waters move | B2 |
And stand amazed when hidden from the view | C2 |
The quiver bearing goddess would descend | D2 |
Into the genial waves | Z |
And from her snow white arms efface | Z |
The dust and blood of the exciting chase | Z |
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The flowers the herbs once lived | E2 |
The groves with life were filled | F2 |
Soft airs and clouds and every shining light | F |
Were with the human race in sympathy | M |
When thee fair star of Venus o'er | G2 |
The hills and dales | Z |
The traveller in the lonely night | F |
Pursuing with his earnest gaze | Z |
The sweet companion of his path | H2 |
The loving friend of mortals deemed | I2 |
When he who fleeing from the impious strife | J2 |
Of cities filled with mutiny and shame | K2 |
In depths of woods remote | L2 |
The rough trees clasping to his breast | M2 |
The vital flame seemed in their veins to feel | N2 |
The breathing leaves of Daphne or of Phyllis sad | O2 |
And seemed the sisters' tears to see still shed | P2 |
For him who smitten by the lightning's blast | Q2 |
Into the swift Eridanus was cast | Q2 |
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Nor were ye deaf ye rigid rocks | Z |
To human sorrow's plaintive tones | Z |
While in your dark recesses Echo dwelt | Q |
No idle plaything of the winds | Z |
But spirit sad of hapless nymph | R2 |
Whom unrequited love and cruel fate | S2 |
Of her soft limbs deprived She o'er the grots | Z |
The naked rocks and mansions desolate | T2 |
Unto the depths of all embracing air | U2 |
Our sorrows not to her unknown | V2 |
Our broken loud laments conveyed | Y |
And thou if fame belie thee not | W2 |
Didst sound the depths of human woe | X2 |
Sweet bird that comest to the leafy grove | Y2 |
The new born Spring to greet | V |
And when the fields are hushed in sleep | Z2 |
To chant into the dark and silent air | U2 |
The ancient wrongs and cruel treachery | M |
That stirred the pity of the gods to see | M |
But no thy race is not akin to ours | Z |
No sorrow framed thy melodies | Z |
Thy voice of crime unconscious pleases less | Z |
Along the dusky valley heard | A3 |
Ah since the mansions of Olympus all | B3 |
Are desolate and without guide the bolt | C3 |
That wandering o'er the cloud capped mountain tops | Z |
In horror cold dissolves alike | D3 |
The guilty and the innocent | E3 |
Since this our earthly home | F3 |
A stranger to her children has become | G3 |
And brings them up to misery | M |
Lend thou an ear dear Nature to the woes | Z |
And wretched fate of mortals and revive | R |
The ancient spark within my breast | M2 |
If thou indeed dost live if aught there is | Z |
In heaven or on the sun lit earth | H3 |
Or in the bosom of the sea | M |
That pities No but sees our misery | M |
Count Giacomo Leopardi
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