To The Lark Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDD AEAEFF EGEGHH IJIKLL MNMNOO| Bird of the morn | A |
| When roseate clouds begin | B |
| To show the opening dawn | C |
| Thou gladly sing'st it in | B |
| And o'er the sweet green fields and happy vales | D |
| Thy pleasant song is heard mixed with the morning gales | D |
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| Bird of the morn | A |
| What time the ruddy sun | E |
| Smiles on the pleasant corn | A |
| Thy singing is begun | E |
| Heartfelt and cheering over labourers' toil | F |
| Who chop in coppice wild and delve the russet soil | F |
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| Bird of the sun | E |
| How dear to man art thou | G |
| When morning has begun | E |
| To gild the mountain's brow | G |
| How beautiful it is to see thee soar so blest | H |
| Winnowing thy russet wings above thy twitchy nest | H |
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| Bird of the Summer's day | I |
| How oft I stand to hear | J |
| Thee sing thy airy lay | I |
| With music wild and clear | K |
| Till thou becom'st a speck upon the sky | L |
| Small as the clods that crumble where I lie | L |
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| Thou bird of happiest song | M |
| The Spring and Summer too | N |
| Are thine the months along | M |
| The woods and vales to view | N |
| If climes were evergreen thy song would be | O |
| The sunny music of eternal glee | O |
John Clare
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