Spring Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH| At the first hour it was as if one said Arise | A |
| At the second hour it was as if one said Go forth | B |
| And the winter constellations that are like patient ox eyes | A |
| Sank below the white horizon at the north | B |
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| At the third hour it was as if one said I thirst | C |
| At the fourth hour all the earth was still | D |
| Then the clouds suddenly swung over stooped and burst | C |
| And the rain flooded valley plain and hill | D |
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| At the fifth hour darkness took the throne | E |
| At the sixth hour the earth shook and the wind cried | F |
| At the seventh hour the hidden seed was sown | E |
| At the eighth hour it gave up the ghost and died | F |
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| At the ninth hour they sealed up the tomb | G |
| And the earth was then silent for the space of three hours | H |
| But at the twelfth hour a single lily from the gloom | G |
| Shot forth and was followed by a whole host of flowers | H |
John Gould Fletcher
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