Poet Edith Nesbit

Edith Nesbit

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A Brown Study Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJKGK LMNMOBJB IPIPQRSR TUFUQMIM

LET them sing of their primrose and cowslipA
Their daffodil gold coloured hairB
Their bluebells blue eyes and white violetsC
All the pale dreamy things they find fairB
Give me stir of brown leaves in the sunshineD
The whir of brown wings through the wheatE
The rush of brown hares through the cloverF
And the light in brown eyes of my sweetE
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Gold hair Well I never could love itG
Yet gold I suppose has its worthH
The head that I love is as duskyI
As the breast of our mother the earthH
With a gleam like the shine of wet seaweedJ
Round pools that the tide has left clearK
And warm like the breast of a linnetG
And as brown is the hair of my dearK
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From the edge of the cliff we look downwardsL
On the shore and the bay and the townM
And brown is the short turf we lean onN
The fishing boats' sails are all brownM
The sky may be blue that's the backgroundO
But the picture itself to be fairB
However it's shaded and variedJ
Should be brown as the dress that you wearB
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A lark bursts to sudden sweet singingI
That tuft of brown grass is his homeP
And now a brown speck he is risingI
Against the clear windy sky domeP
And he sings how I know Love instructs meQ
To know all his notes what they meanR
That it isn't the colour I care forS
But yourself oh my gipsy my queenR
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Ah the lark knows my heart I his languageT
It's my heart he sings out to the skiesU
It is you that I love and what matterF
The colour of hair or of eyesU
No doubt I should love you as dearlyQ
Were your hair like an apricot's downM
And your eyes like the grey of the morningI
But I'm glad all the same that they're brownM

Edith Nesbit



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