January, 1885 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IEJEBKBK LMNMOHOH PQPQERER STSTUVUV

These winter days are passing fairA
As if a breath of springB
Had permeated all the airA
And touched each living thingB
With thankfulness for such a boonC
Discounting with a scoffD
The almanac's report that JuneC
Is yet a long way offD
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We quarrel with the calendarE
For May has been misplacedF
And doubt the tale oracularE
Of Janus double facedF
For this ethereal mildness looksG
Toward shadowy delightsH
Of roseate bowers of cosy nooksG
Of coming thermal nightsH
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Let robes diaphanous succeedI
Dense garments made of furE
And overcoats maintain the leadJ
Among the things that wereE
The wisely rented sealskin sacqueB
By many a dame possessedK
Be quickly relegated backB
To its moth haunted chestK
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While every portly aldermanL
In linen suit arrayedM
Manipulates the palm leaf fanN
And seeks the cooling shadeM
And he perspires who not in vainO
Suggests his funny squibsH
By poking his unwelcome caneO
In other people's ribsH
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Who dares to fling opprobriumP
On January nowQ
As to a potentate we comeP
With reverential bowQ
Because it doth not yet appearE
That Time hath ever seenR
The ruler of th' inverted yearE
In more benignant mienR
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O Boreas do not lie lowS
That is if lie thou mustT
Upon our planet do not blowS
With fierce and sudden gustT
But come so gently tenderlyU
As come thou surely wiltV
That we may have sweet dreams of theeU
Beneath our crazy quiltV

Hattie Howard



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