To Flora. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEDFF GHGHIJIJKKLL MNMN OO| When April woke the drowsy flowers | A |
| And vagrant odours thronged the breeze | B |
| And bluebirds wrangled in the bowers | A |
| And daisies flashed along the leas | B |
| And faint arbutus strove among | C |
| Dead winter's leaf strewn wreck to rise | D |
| And nature's sweetly jubilant song | E |
| Went murmuring up the sunny skies | D |
| Into this cheerful world you came | F |
| And gained by right your vernal name | F |
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| I think the springs have changed of late | G |
| For Arctics are my daily wear | H |
| The skies are turned to cold grey slate | G |
| And zephyrs are but draughts of air | H |
| But you make up whate'er we lack | I |
| When we too rarely come together | J |
| More potent than the almanac | I |
| You bring the ideal April weather | J |
| When you are with us we defy | K |
| The blustering air the lowering sky | K |
| In spite of winter's icy darts | L |
| We've spring and sunshine in our hearts | L |
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| In fine upon this April day | M |
| This deep conundrum I will bring | N |
| Tell me the two good reasons pray | M |
| I have to say you are like spring | N |
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| You give it up Because we love you | O |
| And see so very little of you | O |
John Milton Hay
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