Colours Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BC DE FF FF EE GG HH II JJ KK| Blues and greens are my delight | A |
| Set in garlands of the white | A |
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| When God made the violet | B |
| He made nothing better yet | C |
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| Lilac and the lavender | D |
| Fit for queens of Heaven to wear | E |
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| Many russets and the rose | F |
| God be praised for these and those | F |
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| For the silvers and the greys | F |
| Likewise ye shall give Him praise | F |
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| Scarlet is a King's colour | E |
| That the King of Kings once wore | E |
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| Yet when everything is said | G |
| Bring me neither rose nor red | G |
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| Give me blue and green below | H |
| Apple bloom and cherry snow | H |
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| Blue forget me nots beneath | I |
| Pear and plum bloom in a wreath | I |
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| Or wild hyacinths in a glade | J |
| Nothing better God has made | J |
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| Blues and greens and a white bough | K |
| Turn the earth to Heaven now | K |
Katharine Tynan
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