The Evening Hours. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHDHIJKL LMNOLPQP RSTULLVLThe sultry day it wears away | A |
And o'er the distant leas | B |
The mist again in purple stain | C |
Falls moist on flower and trees | B |
His home to find the weary hind | D |
Glad leaves his carts and ploughs | E |
While maidens fair with bosoms bare | F |
Go coolly to their cows | E |
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The red round sun his work has done | G |
And dropp'd into his bed | H |
And sweetly shin'd the oaks behind | D |
His curtains fringed with red | H |
And step by step the night has crept | I |
And day as loth retires | J |
But clouds more dark night's entrance mark | K |
Till day's last spark expires | L |
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Pride of the vales the nightingales | L |
Now charm the oaken grove | M |
And loud and long with amorous tongue | N |
They try to please their love | O |
And where the rose reviving blows | L |
Upon the swelter'd bower | P |
I'll take my seat my love to meet | Q |
And wait th' appointed hour | P |
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And like the bird whose joy is heard | R |
Now he his love can join | S |
Who hails so loud the even's shroud | T |
I'll wait as glad for mine | U |
As weary bees o'er parched leas | L |
Now meet reviving flowers | L |
So on her breast I'll sink to rest | V |
And bless the evening hours | L |
John Clare
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