To Avis Keene Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCBDDCCEEFGGHHIIJKLL M NOOPPQRROSSOROOTTUUV WVWQWQ XVXVVWWYCYCVZVZPPPA2 B2B2C2C2B2B2B2C2OOWO W

ON RECEIVING A BASKET OF SEA MOSSESA
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Thanks for thy giftB
Of ocean flowersC
Born where the golden driftB
Of the slant sunshine fallsD
Down the green tremulous wallsD
Of water to the cool still coral bowersC
Where under rainbows of perpetual showersC
God's gardens of the deepE
His patient angels keepE
Gladdening the dim strange solitudeF
With fairest forms and hues and thusG
Forever teaching usG
The lesson which the many colored skiesH
The flowers and leaves and painted butterfliesH
The deer's branched antlers the gay bird that flingsI
The tropic sunshine from its golden wingsI
The brightness of the human countenanceJ
Its play of smiles the magic of a glanceK
Forevermore repeatL
In varied tones and sweetL
That beauty in and of itself is goodM
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O kind and generous friend o'er whomN
The sunset hues of Time are castO
Painting upon the overpastO
And scattered clouds of noonday sorrowP
The promise of a fairer morrowP
An earnest of the better life to comeQ
The binding of the spirit brokenR
The warning to the erring spokenR
The comfort of the sadO
The eye to see the hand to cullS
Of common things the beautifulS
The absent heart made gladO
By simple gift or graceful tokenR
Of love it needs as daily foodO
All own one Source and all are goodO
Hence tracking sunny cove and reachT
Where spent waves glimmer up the beachT
And toss their gifts of weed and shellU
From foamy curve and combing swellU
No unbefitting task was thineV
To weave these flowers so soft and fairW
In unison with His designV
Who loveth beauty everywhereW
And makes in every zone and climeQ
In ocean and in upper airW
All things beautiful in their timeQ
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For not alone in tones of awe and powerX
He speaks to InanV
The cloudy horror of the thunder showerX
His rainbows spanV
And where the caravanV
Winds o'er the desert leaving as in airW
The crane flock leaves no trace of passage thereW
He gives the weary eyeY
The palm leaf shadow for the hot noon hoursC
And on its branches dryY
Calls out the acacia's flowersC
And where the dark shaft pierces downV
Beneath the mountain rootsZ
Seen by the miner's lamp aloneV
The star like crystal shootsZ
So where the winds and waves belowP
The coral branched gardens growP
His climbing weeds and mosses showP
Like foliage on each stony boughA2
Of varied hues more strangely gayB2
Than forest leaves in autumn's dayB2
Thus evermoreC2
On sky and wave and shoreC2
An all pervading beauty seems to sayB2
God's love and power are one and theyB2
Who like the thunder of a sultry dayB2
Smite to restoreC2
And they who like the gentle wind upliftO
The petals of the dew wet flowers and driftO
Their perfume on the airW
Alike may serve Him each with their own giftO
Making their lives a prayerW

John Greenleaf Whittier



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