Purple Clover. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DEFG HIAJ HKLK DMNO PQRG HNSH TUVW| There is a flower that bees prefer | A |
| And butterflies desire | A |
| To gain the purple democrat | B |
| The humming birds aspire | C |
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| And whatsoever insect pass | D |
| A honey bears away | E |
| Proportioned to his several dearth | F |
| And her capacity | G |
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| Her face is rounder than the moon | H |
| And ruddier than the gown | I |
| Of orchis in the pasture | A |
| Or rhododendron worn | J |
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| She doth not wait for June | H |
| Before the world is green | K |
| Her sturdy little countenance | L |
| Against the wind is seen | K |
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| Contending with the grass | D |
| Near kinsman to herself | M |
| For privilege of sod and sun | N |
| Sweet litigants for life | O |
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| And when the hills are full | P |
| And newer fashions blow | Q |
| Doth not retract a single spice | R |
| For pang of jealousy | G |
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| Her public is the noon | H |
| Her providence the sun | N |
| Her progress by the bee proclaimed | S |
| In sovereign swerveless tune | H |
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| The bravest of the host | T |
| Surrendering the last | U |
| Nor even of defeat aware | V |
| When cancelled by the frost | W |
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
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