Why The Spring Is Late Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCACADED CFBGFHDI JKLKMAFALMLM| To Miss Eva Russell | A |
| The spring time is deaf to our pleading | B |
| The meadows are brown as can be | C |
| The hilltops are bleak and unlovely | A |
| No thrush sits and sings on the tree | C |
| I hear many practical people | A |
| Explain why the spring loiters so | D |
| But dear one they all are mistaken | E |
| The true reason I alone know | D |
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| The South wind Spring's hand maiden told me | C |
| Her mistress declared o'er and o'er | F |
| That till you were here to give greeting | B |
| She'd visit our prairies no more | G |
| And all her vast household stand by her | F |
| The thrush says he cannot come here | H |
| And sing the old songs that you loved so | D |
| Unless you are lingering near | I |
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| The wild pinks that rival your blushes | J |
| The violets blue as the sky | K |
| Declare it no pleasure to blossom | L |
| Unseen by your beautiful eye | K |
| Oh darling I'm loath to upbraid you | M |
| So come without further delay | A |
| Each moment you linger remember | F |
| You are keeping the spring time away | A |
| Then come we are waiting to welcome | L |
| The birds and the flowers 'tis true | M |
| But warmer than all is the welcome | L |
| Fair girl that is waiting for you | M |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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