Chimes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCBBCC A DEFFDEFF A AAEEAAEE G AAHHAAHH G FFIIFFII A CJCJCJCK A FFFFFFHHI | A |
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HONEY FLOWERS to the honey comb | B |
And the honey bee's from home | B |
A honey comb and a honey flower | C |
And the bee shall have his hour | C |
A honeyed heart for the honey comb | B |
And the humming bee flies home | B |
A heavy heart in the honey flower | C |
And the bee has had his hour | C |
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II | A |
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A honey cell's in the honeysuckle | D |
And the honey bee knows it well | E |
The honey comb has a heart of honey | F |
And the humming bee's so bonny | F |
A honey flower's the honeysuckle | D |
And the bee's in the honey bell | E |
The honeysuckle is sucked of honey | F |
And the bee is heavy and bonny | F |
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III | A |
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Brown shell first for the butterfly | A |
And a bright wing by and by | A |
Butterfly good bye to your shell | E |
And bright wings speed you well | E |
Bright lamplight for the butterfly | A |
And a burnt wing by and by | A |
Butterfly alas for your shell | E |
And bright wings fare you well | E |
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IV | G |
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Lost love labour and lullaby | A |
And lowly let love lie | A |
Lost love morrow and love fellow | H |
And love's life lying low | H |
Lovelorn labour and life laid by | A |
And lowly let love lie | A |
Late love longing and life sorrow | H |
And love's life lying low | H |
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V | G |
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Beauty's body and benison | F |
With a bosom flower new blown | F |
Bitter beauty and blessing bann'd | I |
With a breast to burn and brand | I |
Beauty's bower in the dust o'erblown | F |
With a bare white breast of bone | F |
Barren beauty and bower of sand | I |
With a blast on either hand | I |
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VI | A |
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Buried bars in the breakwater | C |
And bubble of the brimming weir | J |
Body's blood in the breakwater | C |
And a buried body's bier | J |
Buried bones in the breakwater | C |
And bubble of the brawling weir | J |
Bitter tears in the breakwater | C |
And a breaking heart to bear | K |
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VII | A |
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Hollow heaven and the hurricane | F |
And hurry of the heavy rain | F |
Hurried clouds in the hollow heaven | F |
And a heavy rain hard driven | F |
The heavy rain it hurries amain | F |
And heaven and the hurricane | F |
Hurrying wind o'er the heaven's hollow | H |
And the heavy rain to follow | H |
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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