An Easter Flower Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC A DEFE A BGBG H IJIJ H KHKH| I | A |
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| The flower that she gave to me | B |
| Has withered now and died | C |
| But yet with fond fidelity | B |
| Its faded leaves abide | C |
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| II | A |
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| The petals that so fragrant then | D |
| She wore upon her breast | E |
| Still clinging to the lifeless stem | F |
| With miser care possessed | E |
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| III | A |
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| As when in sweetest purity | B |
| It shed its perfume rare | G |
| A symbol dear 'twill ever be | B |
| Of one divinely fair | G |
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| IV | H |
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| Plucked by the cruel hand of Death | I |
| In beauty's youthful bloom | J |
| She perished with his chilling breath | I |
| And withered in the tomb | J |
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| V | H |
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| But I will cherish ever thus | K |
| The token that she gave | H |
| When sun lit skies were over us | K |
| Unclouded by the grave | H |
George W. Doneghy
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