Snow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG HIJI KLKL MNMN JLJL JBJB| 'Who affirms that crystals are alive ' | A |
| I affirm it let who will deny | B |
| Crystals are engendered wax and thrive | C |
| Wane and wither I have seen them die | B |
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| Trust me masters crystals have their day | D |
| Eager to attain the perfect norm | E |
| Lit with purpose potent to display | D |
| Facet angle colour beauty form | E |
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| Water crystals need for flower and root | F |
| Sixty clear degrees no less no more | G |
| Snow so fickle still in this acute | F |
| Angle thinks and learns no other lore | G |
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| Such its life and such its pleasure is | H |
| Such its art and traffic such its gain | I |
| Evermore in new conjunctions this | J |
| Admirable angle to maintain | I |
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| Crystalcraft in every flower and flake | K |
| Snow exhibits of the welkin free | L |
| Crystalline are crystals for the sake | K |
| All and singular of crystalry | L |
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| Yet does every crystal of the snow | M |
| Individualize a seedling sown | N |
| Broadcast but instinct with power to grow | M |
| Beautiful in beauty of its own | N |
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| Every flake with all its prongs and dints | J |
| Burns ecstatic as a new lit star | L |
| Men are not more diverse finger prints | J |
| More dissimilar than snow flakes are | L |
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| Worlds of men and snow endure increase | J |
| Woven of power and passion to defy | B |
| Time and travail only races cease | J |
| Individual men and crystals die | B |
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