Living Flowers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEAE FGHIHJKJ LJMJNOPO QADARES| 'I'm never alone in the garden ' he said 'I'm | A |
| never alone with the flowers | B |
| It seems like I'm meeting the wonderful dead | C |
| out here with these blossoms of ours | B |
| An' there's never a bush or a plant or a tree but | D |
| somebody loved it of old | E |
| An' the souls of the angels come talkin' to me | A |
| through the petals of crimson an' gold | E |
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| 'The lilacs in spring bring the mother once more | F |
| an' she lives in the midsummer rose | G |
| She smiles in the peony clump at the door an' | H |
| sings when the four o'clocks close | I |
| She loved every blossom God gave us to own an' | H |
| daily she gave it her care | J |
| So never I walk in the garden alone for I feel | K |
| that the mother's still there | J |
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| 'These are the pinks that a baby once kissed | L |
| still spicy with fragrance an' fair | J |
| The years have been long since her laughter I've | M |
| missed but her spirit is hovering there | J |
| The roses that ramble and twine on the wall were | N |
| planted by one that was kind | O |
| An' I'm sure as I stand here an' gaze on them all | P |
| that his soul has still lingered behind | O |
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| 'I'm never alone in the garden ' he said 'I | Q |
| have many to talk with an' see | A |
| For never a flower comes to bloom in its bed but | D |
| it brings back a loved one to me | A |
| An' I fancy whenever I'm bendin' above these | R |
| blossoms of crimson an' gold | E |
| That I'm seein' an' hearin' the ones that I love | S |
| who lived in the glad days of old ' | - |
Edgar Albert Guest
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