A Name Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB BCBC BDBD EFCF GBGB HIHI BJBJ BKBK LHLH MNMN OPOP BQBQ| The name the Gallic exile bore | A |
| St Malo from thy ancient mart | B |
| Became upon our Western shore | A |
| Greenleaf for Feuillevert | B |
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| A name to hear in soft accord | B |
| Of leaves by light winds overrun | C |
| Or read upon the greening sward | B |
| Of May in shade and sun | C |
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| The name my infant ear first heard | B |
| Breathed softly with a mother's kiss | D |
| His mother's own no tenderer word | B |
| My father spake than this | D |
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| No child have I to bear it on | E |
| Be thou its keeper let it take | F |
| From gifts well used and duty done | C |
| New beauty for thy sake | F |
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| The fair ideals that outran | G |
| My halting footsteps seek and find | B |
| The flawless symmetry of man | G |
| The poise of heart and mind | B |
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| Stand firmly where I felt the sway | H |
| Of every wing that fancy flew | I |
| See clearly where I groped my way | H |
| Nor real from seeming knew | I |
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| And wisely choose and bravely hold | B |
| Thy faith unswerved by cross or crown | J |
| Like the stout Huguenot of old | B |
| Whose name to thee comes down | J |
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| As Marot's songs made glad the heart | B |
| Of that lone exile haply mine | K |
| May in life's heavy hours impart | B |
| Some strength and hope to thine | K |
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| Yet when did Age transfer to Youth | L |
| The hard gained lessons of its day | H |
| Each lip must learn the taste of truth | L |
| Each foot must feel its way | H |
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| We cannot hold the hands of choice | M |
| That touch or shun life's fateful keys | N |
| The whisper of the inward voice | M |
| Is more than homilies | N |
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| Dear boy for whom the flowers are born | O |
| Stars shine and happy song birds sing | P |
| What can my evening give to morn | O |
| My winter to thy spring | P |
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| A life not void of pure intent | B |
| With small desert of praise or blame | Q |
| The love I felt the good I meant | B |
| I leave thee with my name | Q |
John Greenleaf Whittier
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