The Canary In His Cage Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACBDD CECFEGG HIHHIJJ KLKKLMM NDNNDOO PQPPRS| SING away ay sing away | A |
| Merry little bird | B |
| Always gayest of the gay | A |
| Though a woodland roundelay | C |
| You ne'er sung nor heard | B |
| Though your life from youth to age | D |
| Passes in a narrow cage | D |
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| Near the window wild birds fly | C |
| Trees are waving round | E |
| Fair things everywhere you spy | C |
| Through the glass pane's mystery | F |
| Your small life's small bound | E |
| Nothing hinders your desire | G |
| But a little gilded wire | G |
| - | |
| Like a human soul you seem | H |
| Shut in golden bars | I |
| Placed amidst earth's sunshine stream | H |
| Singing to the morning beam | H |
| Dreaming 'neath the stars | I |
| Seeing all life's pleasures clear | J |
| But they never can come near | J |
| - | |
| Never Sing bird poet mine | K |
| As most poets do | L |
| Guessing by an instinct fine | K |
| At some happiness divine | K |
| Which they never knew | L |
| Lonely in a prison bright | M |
| Hymning for the world's delight | M |
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| Yet my birdie you're content | N |
| In your tiny cage | D |
| Not a carol thence is sent | N |
| But for happiness is meant | N |
| Wisdom pure as sage | D |
| Teaching the true poet's part | O |
| Is to sing with merry heart | O |
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| So lie down thou peevish pen | P |
| Eyes shake off all tears | Q |
| And my wee bird sing again | P |
| I'll translate your song to men | P |
| In these future years | R |
| 'Howsoe'er thy lot's assigned | S |
| Bear it with a cheerful mind ' | - |
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
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