Archibald Lampman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCB DEED FGHF IJJI KLMK NOOP FQQF RSST| Poet by the grace of God | A |
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| You sing of winter gray and chill | B |
| Of silent stream and frozen lake | C |
| Of naked woods and winds that wake | C |
| To shriek and sob o'er vale and hill | B |
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| And straight we breathe the bracing air | D |
| And see stretched out before our eyes | E |
| A white world spanned by brooding skies | E |
| And snowflakes drifting everywhere | D |
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| You sing of tender things and sweet | F |
| Of field of brook of flower of bush | G |
| The lilt of bird the sunset flush | H |
| The scarlet poppies in the wheat | F |
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| Until we feel the gleam and glow | I |
| Of summer pulsing through our veins | J |
| And hear the patter of the rains | J |
| And watch the green things sprout and grow | I |
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| You sing of joy and we do mark | K |
| How glad a thing is life and dear | L |
| Of sorrow and we seem to hear | M |
| The sound of sobbing in the dark | K |
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| The subtle power to sway and move | N |
| The stamp of genius strong and true | O |
| This friend was heaven's gift to you | O |
| This made you great and won you love | P |
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| Your song goes ringing clear and sweet | F |
| Though on earth's bosom bare and brown | Q |
| All willingly you laid you down | Q |
| The music is not incomplete | F |
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| Sleep on it is not by the years | R |
| We measure life when all is done | S |
| Your rest is earned your laurels won | S |
| Sleep softly sleep we say with tears | T |
Jean Blewett
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