Song's Eternity Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAABABCBC AACADADEDE FFFFBFBCBC AACAGAHIHI CAAAJAKAJAWhat is song's eternity | A |
Come and see | A |
Can it noise and bustle be | A |
Come and see | A |
Praises sung or praises said | B |
Can it be | A |
Wait awhile and these are dead | B |
Sigh sigh | C |
Be they high or lowly bred | B |
They die | C |
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What is song's eternity | A |
Come and see | A |
Melodies of earth and sky | C |
Here they be | A |
Song once sung to Adam's ears | D |
Can it be | A |
Ballads of six thousand years | D |
Thrive thrive | E |
Songs awaken with the spheres | D |
Alive | E |
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Mighty songs that miss decay | F |
What are they | F |
Crowds and cities pass away | F |
Like a day | F |
Books are out and books are read | B |
What are they | F |
Years will lay them with the dead | B |
Sigh sigh | C |
Trifles unto nothing wed | B |
They die | C |
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Dreamers mark the honey bee | A |
Mark the tree | A |
Where the blue cap quot tootle tee quot | C |
Sings a glee | A |
Sung to Adam and to Eve | G |
Here they be | A |
When floods covered every bough | H |
Noah's ark | I |
Heard that ballad singing now | H |
Hark hark | I |
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quot Tootle tootle tootle tee quot | C |
Can it be | A |
Pride and fame must shadows be | A |
Come and see | A |
Every season owns her own | J |
Bird and bee | A |
Sing creation's music on | K |
Nature's glee | A |
Is in every mood and tone | J |
Eternity | A |
John Clare
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