Rainfall Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BC DD CC EE FF GG HH| From out the west where darkling storm clouds float | A |
| The 'waking wind pipes soft its rising note | A |
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| From out the west o'erhung with fringes grey | B |
| The wind preludes with sighs its roundelay | C |
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| Then blowing singing piping laughing loud | D |
| It scurries on before the grey storm cloud | D |
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| Across the hollow and along the hill | C |
| It whips and whirls among the maples till | C |
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| With boughs upbent and green of leaves blown wide | E |
| The silver shines upon their underside | E |
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| A gusty freshening of humid air | F |
| With showers laden and with fragrance rare | F |
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| And now a little sprinkle with a dash | G |
| Of great cool drops that fall with sudden splash | G |
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| Then over field and hollow grass and grain | H |
| The loud crisp whiteness of the nearing rain | H |
Emily Pauline Johnson
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