The Song Sparrow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACCDDD EFFEGGDHD IGGIEEDHD| There is a bird I know so well | A |
| It seems as if he must have sung | B |
| Beside my crib when I was young | B |
| Before I knew the way to spell | A |
| The name of even the smallest bird | C |
| His gentle joyful song I heard | C |
| Now see if you can tell my dear | D |
| What bird it is that every year | D |
| Sings Sweet sweet sweet very merry cheer | D |
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| He comes in March when winds are strong | E |
| And snow returns to hide the earth | F |
| But still he warms his head with mirth | F |
| And waits for May He lingers long | E |
| While flowers fade and every day | G |
| Repeats his sweet contented lay | G |
| As if to say we need not fear | D |
| The season's change if love is here | H |
| With Sweet sweet sweet very merry cheer | D |
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| He does not wear a Joseph's coat | I |
| Of many colors smart and gay | G |
| His suit is Quaker brown and gray | G |
| With darker patches at his throat | I |
| And yet of all the well dressed throng | E |
| Not one can sing so brave a song | E |
| It makes the pride of looks appear | D |
| A vain and foolish thing to hear | H |
| His Sweet sweet sweet very merry cheer | D |
Henry Van Dyke
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