The May Magnificat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD DDCC DDEE DDCC FFGG EECC CCCC HHCC GGDD IIGG JJFF

May is Mary's month and IA
Muse at that and wonder whyA
Her feasts follow reasonB
Dated due to seasonB
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Candlemas Lady DayC
But the Lady Month MayC
Why fasten that upon herD
With a feasting in her honourD
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Is it only its being brighterD
Than the most are must delight herD
Is it opportunestC
And flowers finds soonestC
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Ask of her the mighty motherD
Her reply puts this otherD
Question What is SpringE
Growth in every thingE
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Flesh and fleece fur and featherD
Grass and greenworld all togetherD
Star eyed strawberry breastedC
Throstle above her nestedC
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Cluster of bugle blue eggs thinF
Forms and warms the life withinF
And bird and blossom swellG
In sod or sheath or shellG
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All things rising all things sizingE
Mary sees sympathisingE
With that world of goodC
Nature's motherhoodC
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Their magnifying of each its kindC
With delight calls to mindC
How she did in her storedC
Magnify the LordC
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Well but there was more than thisH
Spring's universal blissH
Much had much to sayC
To offering Mary MayC
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When drop of blood and foam dappleG
Bloom lights the orchard appleG
And thicket and thorp are merryD
With silver surfed cherryD
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And azuring over greybell makesI
Wood banks and brakes wash wet like lakesI
And magic cuckoocallG
Caps clears and clinches allG
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This ecstasy all through mothering earthJ
Tells Mary her mirth till Christ's birthJ
To remember and exultationF
In God who was her salvationF

Gerard Manley Hopkins



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Maria Carman: Love this poem for its simplicity and purity just like Mary, our Mother.
 
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