To The Violet. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL MNON PQPQ RASA| Sweet tiny flower of darkly hue | A |
| Lone dweller in the pathless shade | B |
| How much I love thy pensive blue | A |
| Of innocence so well display'd | B |
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| What time the watery skies are full | C |
| Of streaming dappled clouds so pale | D |
| And sideling rocks more white than wool | C |
| Portending snowy sleet or hail | D |
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| I 'gin to seek thy charming flower | E |
| Along each hedge row's mossy seat | F |
| Where dithering many a cold bleak hour | E |
| I've hugg'd myself in thy retreat | F |
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| What makes me cherish such fond taste | G |
| What makes such raptures spring for thee | H |
| Is that thou lov'st the dreary waste | G |
| Which is so well belov'd by me | H |
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| For solitude should be my choice | I |
| Could I this labouring life resign | J |
| To see the little birds rejoice | I |
| And thy sweet flowers in clusters shine | J |
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| I'd choose a cave beside some rock | K |
| Clos'd in all round with ash and thorn | L |
| That near my door thy tribe might flock | K |
| To shed their sweets in early morn | L |
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| But ah that way would never prove | M |
| Means to sustain impending life | N |
| I must forego those scenes I love | O |
| And still beat on with needy strife | N |
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| Sweet flower we must reverse the plan | P |
| Nor cherish such romantic views | Q |
| I'll strive to seek thee when I can | P |
| Through noontide heat or evening dews | Q |
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| To spring return with all thy train | R |
| Of flowrets cloth'd in varied hue | A |
| I long to see that morn again | S |
| Which brings to light the violet blue | A |
John Clare
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