Chimes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCBBCC A DEFFDEFF A AAEEAAEE G AAHHAAHH G FFIIFFII A CJCJCJCK A FFFFFFHH| I | 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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