April Thoughts Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDEED FGFGHHIJJI KLKLMMNMMN

Listen to the laughter of the brook that's racin' byA
Listen to the chatter of the black birds on the fenceB
Stand an' see the beauties of the blue that's in the skyA
Then ask of God why mortals haven't any better senseB
Than to quarrel an' to battleC
Where the guns an' cannon rattleC
An' to slaughter one another an' to fill the world with hateD
God brings the buds to blossomE
Where the gentle breezes toss 'emE
An' the soul is blind to beauty that takes anger for its mateD
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Listen to the singin' of the robins in the treesF
See the sunbeams flashin' where they're mirrored by the streamG
Hear the drowsy buzzin' of the honey seekin' beesF
Then draw a little closer to your God the while you dreamG
When the world is dressed to cheer youH
Don't you feel Him standin' near youH
When your soul drinks in the beauty of the wonders in His planI
An' you've put away your passionsJ
Don't you think the works He fashionsJ
In their beauty an' their bigness mock the littleness of manI
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Oh I never walk an orchard nor a field with daisies strewnK
An' I never stand bare headed gazin' everywhere aboutL
At the living joys around me be it morning night or noonK
But I ask God to forgive me that I ever held a doubtL
Surely men must walk in blindnessM
With the whole world tuned to kindnessM
An' all dumb an' feathered creatures fairly bubblin' o'er with gleeN
To devote themselves to madnessM
That can only end in sadnessM
An' to think that they are being what God put them here to beN

Edgar Albert Guest



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