Sonnet To My Mother Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAACCADEEDFF| And canst thou Mother for a moment think | A |
| That we thy children when old age shall shed | B |
| Its blanching honours on thy weary head | B |
| Could from our best of duties ever shrink | A |
| Sooner the sun from his high sphere should sink | A |
| Than we ungrateful leave thee in that day | C |
| To pine in solitude thy life away | C |
| Or shun thee tottering on the grave's cold brink | A |
| Banish the thought where'er our steps may roam | D |
| O'er smiling plains or wastes without a tree | E |
| Still will fond memory point our hearts to thee | E |
| And paint the pleasures of thy peaceful home | D |
| While duty bids us all thy griefs assuage | F |
| And smooth the pillow of thy sinking age | F |
Henry Kirk White
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