The Lilacs Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFGFHHHH HIHIAJAF| I ALWAYS think of mother when | A |
| The lilac tree's in bloom | B |
| It seems her soul comes back again | A |
| Upon its sweet perfume | B |
| And every opal spire that sways | C |
| Out in the summer sun | D |
| Brings back the good old golden days | C |
| Before her work was done | D |
| - | |
| 'T was there her smile seemed sweetest and | E |
| 'T was there her eyes were brightest | F |
| 'T was there that gentlest was her hand | G |
| And there her heart was lightest | F |
| And now when blooms the lilac tree | H |
| I feel that she is near me | H |
| Come back again the flowers to see | H |
| To comfort and to cheer me | H |
| - | |
| All mothers love a lilac tree | H |
| And that is why I love it | I |
| The blossoms know it seems to me | H |
| That angels bend above it | I |
| And when the blooms return again | A |
| My skies become the clearest | J |
| Because I seem to feel just then | A |
| That mother dear is nearest | F |
Edgar Albert Guest
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