To The Hummingbird Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABAB CCCDCD EEEFEF BBBGBG| I cannot heal thy green gold breast | A |
| Where deep those cruel teeth have prest | A |
| Nor bid thee raise thy ruffled crest | A |
| And seek thy mate | B |
| Who sits alone within thy nest | A |
| Nor sees thy fate | B |
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| No more with him in summer hours | C |
| Thou'lt hum amid the leafy bowers | C |
| Nor hover round the dewy flowers | C |
| To feed thy young | D |
| Nor seek when evening darkly lowers | C |
| Thy nest high hung | D |
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| No more thou'lt know a mother's care | E |
| Thy honied spoils at eve to share | E |
| Nor teach thy tender brood to dare | E |
| With upward spring | F |
| Their path through fields of sunny air | E |
| On new fledged wing | F |
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| For thy return in vain shall wait | B |
| Thy tender young thy fond fond mate | B |
| Till night's last stars beam forth full late | B |
| On their sad eyes | G |
| Unknown alas thy cruel fate | B |
| Unheard thy cries | G |
Jones Very
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