Elizabeth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEEBB FFGGHHBBGB BBIIJJKKBB| May | A |
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| I | - |
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| Elizabeth Elizabeth | B |
| The first May morning whispereth | B |
| Thy gentle name in every breeze | C |
| That lispeth through the young leaved trees | C |
| New raimented in white and green | D |
| Of bloom and leaf to crown thee queen | D |
| And as in odorous chorus all | E |
| The orchard blossoms sweetly call | E |
| Even as a singing voice that saith | B |
| Elizabeth Elizabeth | B |
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| II | - |
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| Elizabeth Lo lily fair | F |
| In deep cool shadows of thy hair | F |
| Thy face maintaineth its repose | G |
| Is it O sister of the rose | G |
| So better sweeter blooming thus | H |
| Than in this briery world with us | H |
| Where frost o'ertaketh and the breath | B |
| Of biting winter harrieth | B |
| With sleeted rains and blighting snows | G |
| All fairest blooms Elizabeth | B |
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| III | - |
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| Nay then So reign Elizabeth | B |
| Crowned in thy May day realm of death | B |
| Put forth the scepter of thy love | I |
| In every star tipped blossom of | I |
| The grassy dais of thy throne | J |
| Sadder are we thus left alone | J |
| But gladder they that thrill to see | K |
| Thy mother's rapture greeting thee | K |
| Bereaved are we by life not death | B |
| Elizabeth Elizabeth | B |
James Whitcomb Riley
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