Blue Bells Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHAJKJ LMNMJOCO PCQCPRPR PPCPSCDC TUJUEVWV JXPXSYDY| Bonny little Blue bells | A |
| Mid young brackens green | B |
| 'Neath the hedgerows peeping | C |
| Modestly between | B |
| Telling us that Summer | D |
| Is not far away | E |
| When your beauties blend with | F |
| Blossoms of the May | E |
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| Sturdy tangled hawthorns | G |
| Fleck'd with white or red | H |
| Whilst their nutty incense | I |
| All around is shed | H |
| Bonny drooping Blue bells | A |
| Happy you must be | J |
| With your beauties sheltered | K |
| 'Neath such fragrant tree | J |
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| You need fear no rival | L |
| Other blossoms blown | M |
| With their varied beauties | N |
| But enhance your own | M |
| Steals the soft wind gently | J |
| 'Round th' enchanted spot | O |
| Sets your bells a ringing | C |
| Though we hear them not | O |
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| Idle Fancy wanders | P |
| As you shake and swing | C |
| Our hearts shape the message | Q |
| We would have you bring | C |
| Dreams of happy Springtimes | P |
| We hope yet to share | R |
| Vague but pleasant visions | P |
| All to melt in air | R |
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| Children's merry voices | P |
| Break your witching spells | P |
| Chubby hands are clasping | C |
| Languishing Blue bells | P |
| Gay and happy children | S |
| Hop and skip along | C |
| With their ringing laughter | D |
| Sweet as skylark's song | C |
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| Slowly soon I follow | T |
| Through the rustic lane | U |
| But the sight that greets me | J |
| Gives me pang of pain | U |
| Strewed upon the pathway | E |
| Fairy Blue bells lie | V |
| Trampled crushed and wilted | W |
| Cast away to die | V |
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| Yet they lived not vainly | J |
| Though their life was brief | X |
| Shedding gleams of gladness | P |
| O'er a world of grief | X |
| And they taught a lesson | S |
| Rightly understood | Y |
| By their mute endeavour | D |
| Striving to do good | Y |
John Hartley
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