Eavesdropping Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGHHHIJIJ| THOUGH the winds but stir on their hoary thrones | A |
| Of hemlock and pungent pine | B |
| All the whispering woodland tones | A |
| Gossip of things divine | B |
| Why God is gray in the granite rock | C |
| And green in the lichen flake | D |
| And swift in the darting swallow flock | C |
| And slow in the lapping lake | D |
| Why God is sweet in the hermit thrush | E |
| And hoarse in the frog and why | F |
| His touch on the bee is golden plush | E |
| And gauze on the stinging fly | F |
| Why God is life in the mushroom there | G |
| And death in the toadstool here | H |
| Mirth in the dancing maidenhair | H |
| In its hidden adder fear | H |
| Oh if this berry that stains my lip | I |
| Could teach me the woodland chat | J |
| Science would bow to my scholarship | I |
| And Theology doff the hat | J |
Katharine Lee Bates
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