The Champion Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDE FFGH IIJJ KKHH LLMM NNOO PPQR IIPP SSTT UUVV KKUU PPHH| Young and a conqueror once on a day | A |
| Wild white Winter rode out this way | A |
| With his sword of ice and his banner of snow | B |
| Vanquished the Summer and laid her low | B |
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| Winter was young then young and strong | C |
| Now he is old he has reigned too long | C |
| He shall be routed he shall be slain | D |
| Summer shall come to her own again | E |
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| See the champion of Summer wake | F |
| Little armies in field and brake | F |
| Cruel and cold has King Winter been | G |
| Fight for the Summer fight for the Queen | H |
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| First the aconite dots the mould | I |
| With little round cannon balls of gold | I |
| Then to help in the winter's rout | J |
| Regiments of crocuses march out | J |
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| See the swords of the flag leaves shine | K |
| See the shield of the celandine | K |
| And daffodil lances green and keen | H |
| To fight for the Summer fight for the Queen | H |
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| Silver triumphant the snowdrop swings | L |
| Banners that mock at defeated kings | L |
| And wherever the green of the new grass peers | M |
| See the array of victorious spears | M |
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| Daffodil trumpets soon shall sound | N |
| Over the garden's battle ground | N |
| And lovely ladies crowd out to see | O |
| The long procession of victory | O |
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| Little daisies with snowy frills | P |
| Courtly tulips and sweet jonquils | P |
| Primrose and cowslip friends well met | Q |
| With white wood sorrel and violet | R |
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| Hundreds of milkmaids by field and fold | I |
| Thousands of buttercups licked with gold | I |
| Budding hedges and woods and trees | P |
| Spring brings freedom and life to these | P |
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| Then the triumphant Spring shall ride | S |
| Over the happy countryside | S |
| Deep in the woods the birds shall sing | T |
| The King is dead long live the King | T |
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| But Spring is no king but a faithful knight | U |
| He will ride on through the meadows bright | U |
| Till at Summer's feet he shall light him down | V |
| And lay at her feet the royal crown | V |
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| She will lean down where the roses twine | K |
| Between the may trees' silver shine | K |
| And look in the eyes of the dying knight | U |
| Who led his army and won her fight | U |
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| She will stoop to his lips and say | P |
| Oh live O love O my true love stay | P |
| While he smiles and sighs her arms between | H |
| And dies for the Summer dies for the Queen | H |
E. (edith) Nesbit
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