Wishes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEBE EFGF| I wish we could live as the flowers live | A |
| To breathe and to bloom in the summer and sun | B |
| To slumber and sway in the heart of the night | C |
| And to die when our glory had done | B |
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| I wish we could love as the bees love | D |
| To rest or to roam without sorrow or sigh | E |
| With laughter when after the wooer had won | B |
| Love flew with a whispered good bye | E |
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| I wish we could die as the birds die | E |
| To fly and to fall when our beauty was best | F |
| No trammels of time on the years of our face | G |
| And to leave but an empty nest | F |
Dora Sigerson Shorter
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