Under The Pines Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABC DCDEF EFGHG HIJIJ KLKL| LIFE is sad says the wind in the pines | A |
| To the still soul listening | B |
| While the pale pale day declines | A |
| Like a white bird on the wing | B |
| Life is sad says the quiet earth | C |
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| Under the churchyard wall | D |
| Where the spring flowers have their birth | C |
| And the autumn leaflets fall | D |
| Life is sad say the daisies that blow there | E |
| And stretch out their heads to the sun | F |
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| Life is sad say the poor hearts that go there | E |
| To weep when the day's work is done | F |
| Life is sad from below from on high | G |
| From forest and meadow and tree | H |
| From the clouds that drift over the sky | G |
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| And the days that die into the sea | H |
| Then up and be brave with thy sorrow | I |
| Like a man with his face to the blast | J |
| Not from hope of the joys of to morrow | I |
| Nor rest when the warfare is past | J |
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| But strong that weak souls may grow strong | K |
| That men may take heart by the way | L |
| Till the heavens break forth with the song | K |
| That will herald eternal day | L |
Frederick George Scott
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