The Birds Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB BBCDDE FFGHIJ KKBLLB MMNOON BBPQQP RRB SSB TTUPPU VVLBBL EEUWWU| Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings and not one of them is forgotten before God | A |
| Luke xii | B |
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| TRIBES of the air whose favored race | B |
| May wander through the realms of space | B |
| Free guests of earth and sky | C |
| In form in plumage and in song | D |
| What gifts of nature mark your throng | D |
| With bright variety | E |
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| Nor differ less your forms your flight | F |
| Your dwellings hid from hostile sight | F |
| And the wild haunts ye love | G |
| Birds of the gentle beak how dear | H |
| Your wood note to the wanderer's ear | I |
| In shadowy vale or grove | J |
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| Far other scenes remote sublime | K |
| Where swain or hunter may not climb | K |
| The mountain eagle seeks | B |
| Alone he reigns a monarch there | L |
| Scarce will the chamois' footstep dare | L |
| Ascend his Alpine peaks | B |
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| Others there are that make their home | M |
| Where the white billows roar and foam | M |
| Around th' o'erhanging rock | N |
| Fearless they skim the angry wave | O |
| Or sheltered in their sea beat cave | O |
| The tempest's fury mock | N |
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| Where Afric's burning realm expands | B |
| The ostrich haunts the desert sands | B |
| Parched by the blaze of day | P |
| The swan where northern rivers glide | Q |
| Through the tall reeds that fringe their tide | Q |
| Floats graceful on her way | P |
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| The condor where the Andes tower | R |
| Spreads his broad wing of pride and power | R |
| And many a storm defies | B |
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| Bright in the orient realms of morn | S |
| All beauty's richest hues adorn | S |
| The Bird of Paradise | B |
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| Some amidst India's grove of palm | T |
| And spicy forests breathing balm | T |
| Weave soft their pendent nest | U |
| Some deep in western wilds display | P |
| Their fairy form and plumage gay | P |
| In rainbow colors drest | U |
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| Others no varied song may pour | V |
| May boast no eagle plume to soar | V |
| No tints of light may wear | L |
| Yet know our Heavenly Father guides | B |
| The least of these and well provides | B |
| For each with tenderest care | L |
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| Shall He not then thy guardian be | E |
| Will not his aid extend to thee | E |
| Oh safely may'st thou rest | U |
| Trust in his love and e'en should pain | W |
| Should sorrow tempt thee to complain | W |
| Know what He wills is best | U |
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
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