The Spring Afar Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK MNON| Far from the empire of my present days | A |
| Where I perforce remain | B |
| The wild fresh airs of Spring blow to and fro | C |
| Piping out Winter's reign | B |
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| I know the rosy wind flowers spread like clouds | D |
| Above the leafy mould | E |
| And pollard willows over shallow pools | F |
| Stretch out their rods of gold | E |
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| I hear the waters in the mossy swamps | G |
| Start on their ocean quest | H |
| Gliding through meadows murmuring in woods | I |
| Till reaching final rest | H |
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| Fixed in my thoughts is Spring so long remote | J |
| Though Spring cannot endow | K |
| As Summer can or yield sweet Autumn's peace | L |
| 'T is that my heart needs now | K |
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| Or hope maybe that Spring and Hope are one | M |
| Therefore I should not ask | N |
| For leave from this my place both may be near | O |
| Behind my daily mask | N |
Elizabeth Stoddard
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