My Sister Nell And I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF DGDG HIHI JKJK LMLM JNJN OPOP LQLQ| We strolled down by the river side | A |
| My sister Nell and I | B |
| To watch the waters onward glide | A |
| And vessels passing by | B |
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| On Nature's floor of lovely green | C |
| Bedecked with flowers of gold | D |
| The purple sassafras as sheen | C |
| Which trumpet vines enfold | D |
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| We played our youthful games for hours | E |
| And told our childish tales | F |
| Adorned each brow with fragrant flowers | E |
| And slept 'neath cooling gales | F |
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| For I was then but nine years old | D |
| And she was only seven | G |
| Yet joys like ours can ne'er be told | D |
| They savored much of heaven | G |
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| Close by the bank in shady nooks | H |
| The waxen lilies grew | I |
| We called them fish and with our hooks | H |
| To shore full many drew | I |
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| With these I made a wreath for Nell | J |
| She was so good and pure | K |
| They seemed to suit her brow so well | J |
| Yet could not long endure | K |
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| The heated brow and dewless air | L |
| The river suits them best | M |
| But graced awhile her golden hair | L |
| As dove would silken nest | M |
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| Frail like the lilies too was Nell | J |
| The fever's scorching blast | N |
| Swept by and my fair flowerette fell | J |
| And to the dust was cast | N |
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| But now she blooms in glory land | O |
| Close by the tree of Life | P |
| Better to bloom at God's right hand | O |
| Than in this world of strife | P |
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| I hope some day to meet her there | L |
| And as in days of yore | Q |
| We plucked the lilies pure and fair | L |
| Up there we'll gather more | Q |
Joseph Horatio Chant
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