The Willow Boughs Are Yellow Now Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF HIJI DKLK MINI| The willow boughs are yellow now | A |
| For spring has come again | B |
| The peach tree buds begin to swell | C |
| Dripping with April rain | D |
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| The gray eyed twilight lingers long | E |
| To meet the starry night | F |
| I walk the darkening lanes alone | G |
| And love the sombre light | F |
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| The dream of other days returns | H |
| When comes the blossomed spring | I |
| But when the full leaved summer comes | J |
| My dream has taken wing | I |
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| The twittering swallows in the lane | D |
| Were there a year ago | K |
| The old nests in the tangled vines | L |
| Their next year's brood will know | K |
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| A little brood of children fair | M |
| Under the mother's wing | I |
| Is in the dream of other days | N |
| That flies when flies the spring | I |
Elizabeth Stoddard
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