March Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFGHIJKLDMNOEPQGRST BUVW PXBBY| Now I know that Spring will come again | A |
| Perhaps to morrow however late I've patience | B |
| After this night following on such a day | C |
| - | |
| While still my temples ached from the cold burning | D |
| Of hail and wind and still the primroses | E |
| Torn by the hail were covered up in it | F |
| The sun filled earth and heaven with a great light | G |
| And a tenderness almost warmth where the hail dripped | H |
| As if the mighty sun wept tears of joy | I |
| But 'twas too late for warmth The sunset piled | J |
| Mountains on mountains of snow and ice in the west | K |
| Somewhere among their folds the wind was lost | L |
| And yet 'twas cold and though I knew that Spring | D |
| Would come again I knew it had not come | M |
| That it was lost too in those mountains chill | N |
| What did the thrushes know Rain snow sleet hail | O |
| Had kept them quiet as the primroses | E |
| They had but an hour to sing On boughs they sang | P |
| On gates on ground they sang while they changed perches | Q |
| And while they fought if they remembered to fight | G |
| So earnest were they to pack into that hour | R |
| Their unwilling hoard of song before the moon | S |
| Grew brighter than the clouds Then 'twas no time | T |
| For singing merely So they could keep off silence | B |
| And night they cared not what they sang or screamed | U |
| Whether 'twas hoarse or sweet or fierce or soft | V |
| And to me all was sweet they could do no wrong | W |
| - | |
| Something they knew I also while they sang | P |
| And after Not till night had half its stars | X |
| And never a cloud was I aware of silence | B |
| Stained with all that hour's songs a silence | B |
| Saying that Spring returns perhaps to morrow | Y |
Edward Thomas
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
<< Thaw Poem
To-night Poem>>
About March
March is a poem by Edward Thomas. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about March poem by Edward Thomas
Best Poems of Edward Thomas