Summer's Farewell Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBCC DEDEEFEFF GHGHHDHDD| All in the time when Earth did most deplore | A |
| The cold ungracious aspect of young May | B |
| Sweet Summer came and bade him smile once more | A |
| She wove bright garlands and in winsome play | B |
| She bound him willing captive Day by day | B |
| She found new wiles wherewith his heart to please | C |
| Or bright the sun or if the skies were gray | B |
| They laughed together under spreading trees | C |
| By running brooks or on the sandy shores of seas | C |
| - | |
| They were but comrades To that radiant maid | D |
| No serious word he spake no lovers' plea | E |
| Like careless children glad and unafraid | D |
| They sported in their opulence of glee | E |
| Her shining tresses floated wild and free | E |
| In simple lines her emerald garments hung | F |
| She was both good to hear and fair to see | E |
| And when she laughed then Earth laughed too and flung | F |
| His cares behind him and grew radiant and young | F |
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| One golden day as he reclined beneath | G |
| The arching azure of enchanting skies | H |
| Fair Summer came engirdled with a wreath | G |
| Of gorgeous leaves all scintillant with dyes | H |
| Effulgent was she yet within her eyes | H |
| There hung a quivering mist of tears unshed | D |
| Her crimson mantled bosom shook with sighs | H |
| Above him bent the glory of her head | D |
| And on his mouth she pressed a splendid kiss and fled | D |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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