It Is Not Always May Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDED FGFG HIHI JKJK LMLM NINI| No hay pajaros en los nidos de antano | A |
| Spanish Proverb | B |
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| The sun is bright the air is clear | C |
| The darting swallows soar and sing | D |
| And from the stately elms I hear | E |
| The bluebird prophesying Spring | D |
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| So blue you winding river flows | F |
| It seems an outlet from the sky | G |
| Where waiting till the west wind blows | F |
| The freighted clouds at anchor lie | G |
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| All things are new the buds the leaves | H |
| That gild the elm tree's nodding crest | I |
| And even the nest beneath the eaves | H |
| There are no birds in last year's nest | I |
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| All things rejoice in youth and love | J |
| The fulness of their first delight | K |
| And learn from the soft heavens above | J |
| The melting tenderness of night | K |
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| Maiden that read'st this simple rhyme | L |
| Enjoy thy youth it will not stay | M |
| Enjoy the fragrance of thy prime | L |
| For oh it is not always May | M |
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| Enjoy the Spring of Love and Youth | N |
| To some good angel leave the rest | I |
| For Time will teach thee soon the truth | N |
| There are no birds in last year's nest | I |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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