Mistress Quiet-eyes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBBCB AAAACA AAAACA AAAADA| While I sit beside the window | A |
| I can hear the pigeons coo | B |
| That the air is warm and blue | B |
| And how well the young bird flew | B |
| Then I fold my arms and scold the heart | C |
| That thought the pigeons knew | B |
| - | |
| While I sit beside the window | A |
| I can watch the flowers grow | A |
| Till the seeds are ripe and blow | A |
| To the fruitful earth below | A |
| Then I shut my eyes and tell my heart | C |
| The flowers cannot know | A |
| - | |
| While I sit beside the window | A |
| I am growing old and drear | A |
| Does it matter what I hear | A |
| What I see or what I fear | A |
| I can fold my hands and hush my heart | C |
| That is straining to a tear | A |
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| The earth is gay with leaf and flower | A |
| The fruit is ripe upon the tree | A |
| The pigeons coo in the swinging bower | A |
| But I sit wearily | A |
| Watching a beggar woman nurse | D |
| A baby on her knee | A |
James Stephens
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