Bermuda Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBAA CCCCAA DEDECC FGHGAA IJIKAK LKLKMMO charming blossom of the sea | A |
Atlantic waters bosomed in | B |
Abiding place of gayety | C |
Elysian bower of Cora Linn | B |
The sprightly lively debiteuse | A |
Recounting all she sees and does | A |
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Oh how it makes the northern heart | C |
With sluggish current half congealed | C |
In ecstasy and vigor start | C |
To read about this tropic field | C |
The garden of luxuriousness | A |
In winter wearing summer's dress | A |
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With gelid sap and frozen gum | D |
In maple trees and hackmatack | E |
While waiting for the spring to come | D |
Of life's necessities we lack | E |
And sip the nectar that we find | C |
In luscious fruit with golden rind | C |
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But down the street we dread to walk | F |
For all the teachings of our youth | G |
Receive an agonizing shock | H |
Do tempting labels lie forsooth | G |
For out of Florida she says | A |
Come our Bermuda oranges | A |
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To speed the penitential prayer | I |
Our rosary we finger o'er | J |
A yellow necklace rich and rare | I |
'Twas purchased at the dollar store | K |
But oh it makes us sigh to see | A |
That land of amber bijouterie | K |
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Oh ocean wave and flying sail | L |
Shall never waft us to its shore | K |
But if some reckless cyclone gale | L |
Should drop Bermuda at our door | K |
'Twould warm our February sky | M |
And bring the time of roses nigh | M |
Hattie Howard
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