Is It April? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAAB CDCCCE FGFFFG HIJJHI| No this is January dear | A |
| The almanac's untrue | B |
| For roaring Boreas 'tis clear | A |
| In sleet and snow and atmosphere | A |
| Will be the monarch of the year | A |
| And terror too | B |
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| Is it a blessing in disguise | C |
| Of course things always are | D |
| But Arctic blasts with ardent skies | C |
| Somehow do not quite harmonize | C |
| That try to cheat by weather lies | C |
| The calendar | E |
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| Old Janus must be double faced | F |
| He promised long ago | G |
| The maple syrup not to taste | F |
| Nor steal the roses from the waist | F |
| Of one a damsel fair and chaste | F |
| As April snow | G |
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| O winter of our discontent | H |
| Your reign was for a day | I |
| Behold a scene of wonderment | J |
| A thousand tongues are eloquent | J |
| For spring in bud and bloom and scent | H |
| Is on the way | I |
Hattie Howard
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