To K.m.d. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAA ABAB CCCC DEFE GCGC HCHC AIAI AAAA| In the buds before they burst | A |
| Leaves and flowers are moulded | A |
| Closely pressed they lie at first | A |
| Exquisitely folded | A |
| - | |
| Though no hope of change they felt | A |
| Folded hard together | B |
| Soon their sap begins to melt | A |
| In the warmer weather | B |
| - | |
| Till when Life returns with Spring | C |
| Through them softly stealing | C |
| All their freshness forth they fling | C |
| Hidden forms revealing | C |
| - | |
| Who can fold those flowers again | D |
| In the way he found them | E |
| Or those spreading leaves restrain | F |
| In the buds that bound them | E |
| - | |
| Trust me Spring is very near | G |
| All the buds are swelling | C |
| All the glory of the year | G |
| In those buds is dwelling | C |
| - | |
| What the opened buds reveal | H |
| Tells us Life is flowing | C |
| What the buds still shut conceal | H |
| We shall end in knowing | C |
| - | |
| Long I lingered in the bud | A |
| Doubting of the season | I |
| Winter's cold had chilled my blood | A |
| I was ripe for treason | I |
| - | |
| Now no more I doubt or wait | A |
| All my fears are vanished | A |
| Summer s coming dear though late | A |
| Fogs and frosts are banished | A |
James Clerk Maxwell
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