Robin-s Secret Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB ABCB DBAB EDFB GBAB| T IS the blithest bonniest weather for a bird to flirt a feather | A |
| For a bird to trill and warble all his wee red breast a swell | B |
| I ve a secret You may listen till your blue eyes dance and glisten | C |
| Little maiden but I ll never never never never tell | B |
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| You ll find no more wary piper till the strawberries wax riper | A |
| In December than in June aha all up and down the dell | B |
| Where my nest is set for certain with a pink and snowy curtain | C |
| East or west but which I ll never never never never tell | B |
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| You may prick me with a thistle if you ever hear me whistle | D |
| How my brooding mate whose weariness my carols sweet dispel | B |
| All between the clouds and clover apple blossoms drooping over | A |
| Twitters low that I must never never never never tell | B |
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| Oh I swear no closer fellow stains his bill in cherries mellow | E |
| Tra la la and tirra lirra I m the jauntiest sentinel | D |
| Perched beside my jewel casket where lie hidden don t you ask it | F |
| For of those three eggs I ll never never never never tell | B |
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| Chirp chirp chirp alack for pity Who hath marred my merry ditty | G |
| Who hath stirred the scented petals peeping in where robins dwell | B |
| Oh my mate May Heaven defend her Little maidens hearts are tender | A |
| And I never never never never never meant to tell | B |
Katharine Lee Bates
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