Feuilles D'automne Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEBE FGHG BIBI JBKBGather the leaves from the forest | A |
And blow them over the world | B |
The wind of winter follows | C |
The wind of autumn furled | B |
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Only the beech tree cherishes | D |
A leaf or two for ruth | E |
Their stems too tough for the tempest | B |
Like thoughts of love and of youth | E |
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You may sit by the fire and ponder | F |
While darkness veils the pane | G |
And fear that your memories are rushing away | H |
In the wind and the rain | G |
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But you'll find them in the quiet | B |
When the clouds race with the moon | I |
Making the tender silver sound | B |
Of a beech in the month of June | I |
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For you cannot rob the memory | J |
Of the leaves it loves the best | B |
The wind of time may harry them | K |
It rushes away with the rest | B |
Duncan Campbell Scott
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