Starling Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF HIHI JKLK MNMO PQPQ| The starling in the ivy now | A |
| For to amuse his dear | B |
| Mimics the dog the cat the cow | A |
| Blackbird and Chanticleer | B |
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| The starling's an accomplished mime | C |
| Between his love making | D |
| He solaces her brooding time | C |
| By many a madcap thing | D |
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| He is the saw the spade the scythe | E |
| He rings the dinner bell | F |
| Chuckles of laughter small and blithe | G |
| Of self laudations tell | F |
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| Now by the battle field he mocks | H |
| As though 'twere but a game | I |
| Thunder with which the belfry rocks | H |
| And the great bursts of flame | I |
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| Till when the merriment will pall | J |
| He turns to love again | K |
| Calling his love sick gurgling call | L |
| Above the dying men | K |
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| Who knows what dream the starling weaves | M |
| Of boyhood soft and clean | N |
| A small room under golden eaves | M |
| To which the sun looks in | O |
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| The starling's talking in the thatch | P |
| Bidding the boy arise | Q |
| And the door's opening on the latch | P |
| To show his mother's eyes | Q |
Katharine Tynan
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