Snow-flakes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB ADED FGHG IJKJ LMNM OAPA QRAR| I wonder what they are | A |
| These pretty wayward things | B |
| That o'er the gloomy earth | C |
| The wind of heaven flings | B |
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| Each one a tiny star | A |
| And each a perfect gem | D |
| What magic in the art | E |
| That thus has fashioned them | D |
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| What beauty in the flake | F |
| That falls upon my hand | G |
| And yet this tiny thing | H |
| My will cannot command | G |
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| No two are just alike | I |
| And yet they are the same | J |
| I wonder if my thought | K |
| Could give to each a name | J |
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| Unlike the fragile flowers | L |
| That love the sun's warm rays | M |
| These snow flakes love the cold | N |
| And die on sunny days | M |
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| So dainty and so pure | O |
| How beautiful they are | A |
| And yet the slightest touch | P |
| Their purity may mar | A |
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| They must be gazed upon | Q |
| Not handled or caressed | R |
| And thus we hold afar | A |
| The things we love the best | R |
Fannie Isabelle Sherrick
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