The Last Rose Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDD EFEFGHGH CIJICJ FKFKKKKKL CCHCCHCMHM KCKCCCKKKKCBBKCK| 'O which is the last rose ' | A |
| A blossom of no name | B |
| At midnight the snow came | B |
| At daybreak a vast rose | C |
| In darkness unfurl'd | D |
| O'er petall'd the world | D |
| - | |
| Its odourless pallor | E |
| Blossom'd forlorn | F |
| Till radiant valour | E |
| Establish'd the morn | F |
| Till the night | G |
| Was undone | H |
| In her fight | G |
| With the sun | H |
| - | |
| The brave orb in state rose | C |
| And crimson he shone first | I |
| While from the high vine | J |
| Of heaven the dawn burst | I |
| Staining the great rose | C |
| From sky line to sky line | J |
| - | |
| The red rose of morn | F |
| A white rose at noon turn'd | K |
| But at sunset reborn | F |
| All red again soon burn'd | K |
| Then the pale rose of noonday | K |
| Rebloom'd in the night | K |
| And spectrally white | K |
| In the light | K |
| Of the moon lay | L |
| - | |
| But the vast rose | C |
| Was scentless | C |
| And this is the reason | H |
| When the blast rose | C |
| Relentless | C |
| And brought in due season | H |
| The snow rose the last rose | C |
| Congeal'd in its breath | M |
| Then came with it treason | H |
| The traitor was Death | M |
| - | |
| In lee valleys crowded | K |
| The sheep and the birds | C |
| Were frozen and shrouded | K |
| In flights and in herds | C |
| In highways | C |
| And byways | C |
| The young and the old | K |
| Were tortured and madden'd | K |
| And kill'd by the cold | K |
| But many were gladden'd | K |
| By the beautiful last rose | C |
| The blossom of no name | B |
| That came when the snow came | B |
| In darkness unfurl'd | K |
| The wonderful vast rose | C |
| That fill'd all the world | K |
John Davidson
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