The Ivy On The Wall Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJKJL MNONPQBQ| THE VERDANT ivy clings around | A |
| Yon moss be mantled wall | B |
| As if it sought to hide the stones | C |
| That crumbling soon must fall | B |
| That relic of a bygone age | D |
| Now tottering to decay | E |
| Has but one friend the ivy left | F |
| The rest have passed away | E |
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| The fairy flowers that once did bloom | G |
| And smile beneath its shade | H |
| They lingered till the autumn came | I |
| And autumn saw them fade | H |
| The emerald leaves that blushed between | J |
| The winds away have blown | K |
| But yet to cheer the mournful scene | J |
| The ivy liveth on | L |
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| Thus heavenly hope will still survive | M |
| When earthly joys have fled | N |
| And all the flow ry dreams of youth | O |
| Lie withering and dead | N |
| When Winter comes it twines itself | P |
| Around the human heart | Q |
| And like the ivy on the wall | B |
| Will ne er from thence depart | Q |
Henry Kendall
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