Birds, Why Are Ye Silent? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDD EFBFGG FHFHII FIFIJJ FFFFII FKFKEE JFJFJJ FLFMII| Why are ye silent Birds | A |
| Where do ye fly | B |
| Winter's not violent | C |
| With such a Spring sky | B |
| The wheatlands are green snow and frost are away | D |
| Birds why are ye silent on such a sweet day | D |
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| By the slated pig stye | E |
| The redbreast scarce whispers | F |
| Where last Autumn's leaves lie | B |
| The hedge sparrow just lispers | F |
| And why are the chaffinch and bullfinch so still | G |
| While the sulphur primroses bedeck the wood hill | G |
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| The bright yellow hammers | F |
| Are strutting about | H |
| All still and none stammers | F |
| A single note out | H |
| From the hedge starts the blackbird at brook side to drink | I |
| I thought he'd have whistled but he only said prink | I |
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| The tree creeper hustles | F |
| Up fir's rusty bark | I |
| All silent he bustles | F |
| We needn't say hark | I |
| There's no song in the forest in field or in wood | J |
| Yet the sun gilds the grass as though come in for good | J |
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| How bright the odd daisies | F |
| Peep under the stubbs | F |
| How bright pilewort blazes | F |
| Where ruddled sheep rubs | F |
| The old willow trunk by the side of the brook | I |
| Where soon for blue violets the children will look | I |
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| By the cot green and mossy | F |
| Feed sparrow and hen | K |
| On the ridge brown and glossy | F |
| They cluck now and then | K |
| The wren cocks his tail o'er his back by the stye | E |
| Where his green bottle nest will be made by and bye | E |
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| Here's bunches of chickweed | J |
| With small starry flowers | F |
| Where red caps oft pick seed | J |
| In hungry Spring hours | F |
| And blue cap and black cap in glossy Spring coat | J |
| Are a peeping in buds without singing a note | J |
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| Why silent should birds be | F |
| And sunshine so warm | L |
| Larks hide where the herds be | F |
| By cottage and farm | M |
| If wild flowers were blooming and fully set in the Spring | I |
| May be all the birdies would cheerfully sing | I |
John Clare
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