On A Summer-s Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKL MNOG IPQR RSTU VWIX YAZA2| When high noon on a summer s day | A |
| makes the sky a fiery furnace | B |
| and the heart seeks a quiet corner for dreams | C |
| then come to me my weary friend | D |
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| A shady carob grows in my garden | E |
| green remote from the city s crowds | F |
| whose foliage whispers secrets of God | G |
| Good my brother let s take refuge | H |
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| Pleasure and tenderness let us share | I |
| in the sweet hidden prime of noon | J |
| and the mystery golden rays reveal | K |
| when sunlight pierces the rich shade | L |
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| When the black cold of a winter s night | M |
| bruises you with its icy pinch | N |
| and frost sticks knives in your shivering flesh | O |
| then come to me blessed of God | G |
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| My dwelling is modest lacking splendour | I |
| but warm and bright and open to strangers | P |
| A fire s in the grate on the table a candle | Q |
| my lost brother stay and get warm | R |
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| When we hear a cry in the howling storm | R |
| we will think of the destitute starving outside | S |
| We will weep for them honest pitiful tears | T |
| Good friend my brother let us embrace | U |
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| But when autumn approaches with rain and cloud | V |
| and the roof leaks and there s moth in the heart | W |
| and the desolate world sinks sullen in mire | I |
| then merciful brother leave me alone | X |
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| I would be alone in the barren time | Y |
| when the heart withers in slow decay | A |
| Unseen Unknown No stranger understands | Z |
| Let me grieve alone in my silent pain | A2 |
Hayyim Nahman Bialik
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