To A Nightingale Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEFGHIF JBJBKLJJGMNJ| O nightingale how hast thou learnt | A |
| The note of the nested dove | B |
| While under thy bower the fern hangs burnt | A |
| And no cloud hovers above | B |
| Rich July has many a sky | C |
| With splendour dim that thou mightst hymn | D |
| And make rejoice with thy wondrous voice | E |
| And the thrill of thy wild pervading tone | F |
| But instead of to woo thou hast learnt to coo | G |
| Thy song is mute at the mellowing fruit | H |
| And the dirge of the flowers is sung by the hours | I |
| In silence and twilight alone | F |
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| O nightingale 'tis this 'tis this | J |
| That makes thee mock the dove | B |
| That thou hast past thy marriage bliss | J |
| To know a parent's love | B |
| The waves of fern may fade and burn | K |
| The grasses may fall the flowers and all | L |
| And the pine smells o'er the oak dells | J |
| Float on their drowsy and odorous wings | J |
| But thou wilt do nothing but coo | G |
| Brimming the nest with thy brooding breast | M |
| 'Midst that young throng of future song | N |
| Round whom the Future sings | J |
George Meredith
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