April Thoughts Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDEED FGFGHHIJJI KLKLMMNMMN| Listen to the laughter of the brook that's racin' by | A |
| Listen to the chatter of the black birds on the fence | B |
| Stand an' see the beauties of the blue that's in the sky | A |
| Then ask of God why mortals haven't any better sense | B |
| Than to quarrel an' to battle | C |
| Where the guns an' cannon rattle | C |
| An' to slaughter one another an' to fill the world with hate | D |
| God brings the buds to blossom | E |
| Where the gentle breezes toss 'em | E |
| An' the soul is blind to beauty that takes anger for its mate | D |
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| Listen to the singin' of the robins in the trees | F |
| See the sunbeams flashin' where they're mirrored by the stream | G |
| Hear the drowsy buzzin' of the honey seekin' bees | F |
| Then draw a little closer to your God the while you dream | G |
| When the world is dressed to cheer you | H |
| Don't you feel Him standin' near you | H |
| When your soul drinks in the beauty of the wonders in His plan | I |
| An' you've put away your passions | J |
| Don't you think the works He fashions | J |
| In their beauty an' their bigness mock the littleness of man | I |
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| Oh I never walk an orchard nor a field with daisies strewn | K |
| An' I never stand bare headed gazin' everywhere about | L |
| At the living joys around me be it morning night or noon | K |
| But I ask God to forgive me that I ever held a doubt | L |
| Surely men must walk in blindness | M |
| With the whole world tuned to kindness | M |
| An' all dumb an' feathered creatures fairly bubblin' o'er with glee | N |
| To devote themselves to madness | M |
| That can only end in sadness | M |
| An' to think that they are being what God put them here to be | N |
Edgar Albert Guest
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