Were I A Bird Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CACA DEDE FGFG HIHI JKJK LMNM EOEO KPKP| Were I a bird free born to fly | A |
| Aloof on two wee downy wings | B |
| My canopy would be the sky | A |
| When rosy morn its dawning springs | B |
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| Were I a bird I'd sweetly sing | C |
| Earth's vesper song in tree tops high | A |
| And chant the carol of the Spring | C |
| To every weary passer by | A |
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| Were I a bird the sweetest voice | D |
| That human ear has ever heard | E |
| The mocking bird would be my choice | D |
| For he's the sweetest singing bird | E |
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| Were I a bird my life would be | F |
| In keeping with the Will divine | G |
| I'd sing His carols full and free | F |
| In spreading oak and cony pine | G |
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| Were I a bird through air I'd roam | H |
| Just flitting on the morning breeze | I |
| In search of summer's sunny dome | H |
| To live contentedly at ease | I |
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| Were I a bird I'd sing a tune | J |
| For farmers seeking shady rest | K |
| Beneath the spreading oak in June | J |
| In swinging boughs that rock my nest | K |
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| Were I a bird I'd scale the cliff | L |
| When dawns the bleak December day | M |
| Far from the ice and snow I'd shift | N |
| Until the fairest day in May | M |
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| Were I a bird a mocking bird | E |
| The King of birdie's singing sons | O |
| My music would fore'er be heard | E |
| As I sweet sang to cheerless ones | O |
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| Were I a bird I'd seek my rest | K |
| When jocund Day blows out his light | P |
| In boughs that hover o'er my nest | K |
| I'd sweetly sing Good Night Good Night | P |
Edward Smyth Jones
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