A Christmas Carol Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCDEFEF GHGHIJIJ KLKLMNMN OPOPQRQR CSCTUVUV WXWXYHYH ZA2ZA2| The brazen bells of laughing lands | A |
| In swelling echoes wildly ring | B |
| And over seas and hoary strands | A |
| This Christmas carol sing | B |
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| Awaken O heart of the race | C |
| To bountiful riches from Eden above | D |
| Till roses of beauty and lilies of grace | C |
| Shall sweeten the languishing bosom with love | D |
| Till virulent sorrow and venomous hate | E |
| Their poisonous curses of misery cease | F |
| And rapturous fortune felicitous fate | E |
| Have rule in the musical meadows of peace | F |
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| The voices of morning to men | G |
| In passionate whispers of bounteous glee | H |
| Are pulsing the gladness of Christmas again | G |
| O'er plains of the prairie and sounds of the sea | H |
| Rejoice and be happy O languishing soul | I |
| In limitless treasures of marvelous cheer | J |
| Till ravishing murmurs of lullabies roll | I |
| Through all of the sorrows that sadden the year | J |
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| Though summer has gone from the earth | K |
| And silken embraces of velvety snow | L |
| Are folding the blossoms of beauty and worth | K |
| In wretched surroundings of wearisome woe | L |
| Let innocent joys in their sweetness abound | M |
| And silvery cadence in melody start | N |
| Till rapturous fortunes with pleasure surround | M |
| The aims of the soul and the hopes of the heart | N |
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| Let youth with its yearning engage | O |
| All vigorous passion that lives in the breast | P |
| While tearful remembrance of tottering age | O |
| Finds halcyon harbors of comforting rest | P |
| Let silver of years with the ardor of youth | Q |
| Be going again through the temple of joy | R |
| While palms of amusement and laurels of truth | Q |
| Encircle the hearts of the maiden and boy | R |
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| Let happiness reign with the race | C |
| There's never a reason for sorrowful tears | S |
| Kriss Kringle has come with his fatherly face | C |
| To comfort complaining humanity's fears | T |
| Let music go 'round and the beautiful smile | U |
| Bring gladsome delight to the bosom of bliss | V |
| Till gentle enjoyments unbroken beguile | U |
| The souls of the sad with their coveted kiss | V |
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| Though crystalline frost on the trees | W |
| Though ice on the river and snow on the plain | X |
| Are freezing the breath of the shivering breeze | W |
| The heart has Nepenthe for all of its pain | X |
| For Christmas is king and his bountiful hand | Y |
| Is giving its treasures to mountain and lea | H |
| And gentleness rules on the billowy strand | Y |
| And reigns in the far away isles of the sea | H |
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| This is the carol that swells | Z |
| Over the meadows and brakes | A2 |
| From brazen throats of the pealing bells | Z |
| When Christmas morning wakes | A2 |
Freeman E. Miller
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