The Masque Of The Months. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBBDC EFEEEF ACAAAC EGEEEG EHEEEH CICCCI JCJJJC IKIIIK EIEEEI ECEEEC CLCCCL EMEEEM| For A Fresco | A |
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| Firstly thou churl son of Janus | B |
| Rough for cold in drugget clad | C |
| Com'st with rack and rheum to pain us | B |
| Firstly thou churl son of Janus | B |
| Caverned now is old Sylvanus | D |
| Numb and chill are maid and lad | C |
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| After thee thy dripping brother | E |
| Dank his weeds around him cling | F |
| Fogs his footsteps swathe and smother | E |
| After thee thy dripping brother | E |
| Hearth set couples hush each other | E |
| Listening for the cry of Spring | F |
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| Hark for March thereto doth follow | A |
| Blithe a herald tabarded | C |
| O'er him flies the shifting swallow | A |
| Hark for March thereto doth follow | A |
| Swift his horn by holt and hollow | A |
| Wakes the flowers in winter dead | C |
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| Thou then April Iris' daughter | E |
| Born between the storm and sun | G |
| Coy as nymph ere Pan hath caught her | E |
| Thou then April Iris' daughter | E |
| Now are light and rustling water | E |
| Now are mirth and nests begun | G |
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| May the jocund cometh after | E |
| Month of all the Loves and mine | H |
| Month of mock and cuckoo laughter | E |
| May the jocund cometh after | E |
| Beaks are gay on roof and rafter | E |
| Luckless lovers peak and pine | H |
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| June the next with roses scented | C |
| Languid from a slumber spell | I |
| June in shade of leafage tented | C |
| June the next with roses scented | C |
| Now her Itys still lamented | C |
| Sings the mournful Philomel | I |
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| Hot July thereafter rages | J |
| Dog star smitten wild with heat | C |
| Fierce as pard the hunter cages | J |
| Hot July thereafter rages | J |
| Traffic now no more engages | J |
| Tongues are still in stall and street | C |
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| August next with cider mellow | I |
| Laughs from out the poppied corn | K |
| Hook at back a lusty fellow | I |
| August next with cider mellow | I |
| Now in wains the sheafage yellow | I |
| 'Twixt the hedges slow is borne | K |
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| Laden deep with fruity cluster | E |
| Then September ripe and hale | I |
| Bees about his basket fluster | E |
| Laden deep with fruity cluster | E |
| Skies have now a softer lustre | E |
| Barns resound to flap of flail | I |
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| Thou then too of woodlands lover | E |
| Dusk October berry stained | C |
| Wailed about of parting plover | E |
| Thou then too of woodlands lover | E |
| Fading now are copse and cover | E |
| Forests now are sere and waned | C |
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| Next November limping battered | C |
| Blinded in a whirl of leaf | L |
| Worn of want and travel tattered | C |
| Next November limping battered | C |
| Now the goodly ships are shattered | C |
| Far at sea on rock and reef | L |
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| Last of all the shrunk December | E |
| Cowled for age in ashen gray | M |
| Fading like a fading ember | E |
| Last of all the shrunk December | E |
| Him regarding men remember | E |
| Life and joy must pass away | M |
Henry Austin Dobson
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