The Sweep's Carol Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDE FGFGCDCDE HIHICJCDE| Through the streets of New York City | A |
| Blithely every morn | B |
| I carolled o'er my artless ditty | A |
| Cheerly though forlorn | B |
| Before the rosy light my lay | C |
| Was to the maids begun | D |
| Ere winters snows had passed away | C |
| Or smiled the summer sun | D |
| CAROL O a y e o | E |
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| In summer months I'd fondly woo | F |
| Those merry dark eyed girls | G |
| With faces of ebon hue | F |
| And teeth like eastern pearls | G |
| One vowed my love she would repay | C |
| Her heart my song had won | D |
| When winter snows had passed away | C |
| And smiled the summer sun | D |
| CAROL O a y e o | E |
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| A year alas had scarcely flown | H |
| Hope beamed but to deceive | I |
| Ere I was left to weep alone | H |
| From morn till dewy eve | I |
| She died one dreary break of day | C |
| Grief weighs my heart upon | J |
| In vain the snows may pass away | C |
| Or smile the summer sun | D |
| CAROL O a y e o | E |
George Pope Morris
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