I Dreaded That First Robin, So Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDB EFGH IJKD HHKH LMBH NMHH OPQR| A | |
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| I dreaded that first Robin so | B |
| But He is mastered now | C |
| I'm accustomed to Him grown | D |
| He hurts a little though | B |
| - | |
| I thought If I could only live | E |
| Till that first Shout got by | F |
| Not all Pianos in the Woods | G |
| Had power to mangle me | H |
| - | |
| I dared not meet the Daffodils | I |
| For fear their Yellow Gown | J |
| Would pierce me with a fashion | K |
| So foreign to my own | D |
| - | |
| I wished the Grass would hurry | H |
| So when 'twas time to see | H |
| He'd be too tall the tallest one | K |
| Could stretch to look at me | H |
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| I could not bear the Bees should come | L |
| I wished they'd stay away | M |
| In those dim countries where they go | B |
| What word had they for me | H |
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| They're here though not a creature failed | N |
| No Blossom stayed away | M |
| In gentle deference to me | H |
| The Queen of Calvary | H |
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| Each one salutes me as he goes | O |
| And I my childish Plumes | P |
| Lift in bereaved acknowledgment | Q |
| Of their unthinking Drums | R |
Emily Dickinson
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