No Spring Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD CCCCAEAE FGFGHDHD CICIAGAGCFCF| Up from the South come the birds that were banished | A |
| Frightened away by the presence of frost | B |
| Back to the vale comes the verdure that vanished | A |
| Back to the forest the leaves that were lost | B |
| Over the hillside the carpet of splendour | C |
| Folded through Winter Spring spreads down again | D |
| Along the horizon the tints that were tender | C |
| Lost hues of Summer time burn bright as then | D |
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| Only the mountains' high summits are hoary | C |
| To the ice fettered river the sun gives a key | C |
| Once more the gleaming shore lists to the story | C |
| Told by an amorous Summer kissed sea | C |
| All things revive that in Winter time perished | A |
| The rose buds again in the light o' the sun | E |
| All that was beautiful all that was cherished | A |
| Sweet things and dear things and all things save one | E |
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| Late when the year and the roses were lying | F |
| Low with the ruins of Summer and bloom | G |
| Down in the dust fell a love that was dying | F |
| And the snow piled over it and made it a tomb | G |
| Lo now the roses are budded for blossom | H |
| Lo now the Summer is risen again | D |
| Why dost thou bud not O Love of my bosom | H |
| Why dost thou rise not and thrill me as then | D |
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| Life without love is a year without Summer | C |
| Heart without love is a wood without song | I |
| Rise then revive then thou indolent comer | C |
| Why dost thou lie in the dark earth so long | I |
| Rise ah thou can'st not the rose tree that sheddest | A |
| Its beautiful leaves in the Springtime may bloom | G |
| But of cold things the coldest of dead things the deadest | A |
| Love buried once rises not from the tomb | G |
| Green things may grow on the hillside and heather | C |
| Birds seek the forest and build there and sing | F |
| All things revive in the beautiful weather | C |
| But unto a dead love there cometh no Spring | F |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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