In England Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII JKJKLL MNMNOPP| In England there are wrongs no doubt | A |
| Which should be righted so men say | B |
| Who seek to weed earth's garden out | A |
| And give the roses right of way | B |
| Yes right of way to fruit and rose | C |
| Where now but poison ivy grows | C |
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| In England there is wide unrest | D |
| They tell me who should know And yet | E |
| I saw but hedges gaily dressed | D |
| And eyes where love and kindness met | E |
| Yes love and kindness met and made | F |
| Soft sunshine even in the shade | F |
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| In England there are haunting things | G |
| Which follow one to other lands | H |
| Like some pervading scent that clings | G |
| To laces touched by vanished hands | H |
| Yes touched by vanished hands that gave | I |
| A fragrance which defies the grave | I |
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| In England centuries of art | J |
| Give common things a mellow tone | K |
| And wake old memories in the heart | J |
| Of other lives the soul has known | K |
| Yes other lives in some past age | L |
| Start forth from canvas or from page | L |
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| In England there are simple joys | M |
| The modern world has left all sweet | N |
| In London's heart are nooks where noise | M |
| Has entered but with slippered feet | N |
| Yes entered softly | O |
| Friend believe | P |
| To part from England is to grieve | P |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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