Clover-blossom Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDAEAFGCGCHIHJCCC CKLK MGBGNOPOCQRQSTUVWCN XCYCCJZJNCA2 B2QC QIA2VC2BD2BE2GIGF2G2 CH2SCDCNGRGI2IQ CJ2TJ2CG2K2G2CACA EZL2ZM2N2O2N2P2GCGCG Q2GR2HS2HJ2CW T2IU2V CBV2BCW2H2 X2CBCICECCCCCY2R2GR2 Z2BA3BA3GB3 C3JZJCCD3CYBR2BNE3A3 T2 D2CF3CG3F3T2F3IGCGAQ H3QR2N2F3N2QG3I3G3NQ J2 F3J2IJ2| In a quiet pleasant meadow | A |
| Beneath a summer sky | B |
| Where green old trees their branches waved | C |
| And winds went singing by | B |
| Where a little brook went rippling | D |
| So musically low | A |
| And passing clouds cast shadows | E |
| On the waving grass below | A |
| Where low sweet notes of brooding birds | F |
| Stole out on the fragrant air | G |
| And golden sunlight shone undimmed | C |
| On all most fresh and fair | G |
| There bloomed a lovely sisterhood | C |
| Of happy little flowers | H |
| Together in this pleasant home | I |
| Through quiet summer hours | H |
| No rude hand came to gather them | J |
| No chilling winds to blight | C |
| Warm sunbeams smiled on them by day | C |
| And soft dews fell at night | C |
| So here along the brook side | C |
| Beneath the green old trees | K |
| The flowers dwelt among their friends | L |
| The sunbeams and the breeze | K |
| - | |
| One morning as the flowers awoke | M |
| Fragrant and fresh and fair | G |
| A little worm came creeping by | B |
| And begged a shelter there | G |
| 'Ah pity and love me ' sighed the worm | N |
| 'I am lonely poor and weak | O |
| A little spot for a resting place | P |
| Dear flowers is all I seek | O |
| I am not fair and have dwelt unloved | C |
| By butterfly bird and bee | Q |
| They little knew that in this dark form | R |
| Lay the beauty they yet may see | Q |
| Then let me lie in the deep green moss | S |
| And weave my little tomb | T |
| And sleep my long unbroken sleep | U |
| Till Spring's first flowers come | V |
| Then will I come in a fairer dress | W |
| And your gentle care repay | C |
| By the grateful love of the humble worm | N |
| Kind flowers O let me stay ' | - |
| But the wild rose showed her little thorns | X |
| While her soft face glowed with pride | C |
| The violet hid beneath the drooping ferns | Y |
| And the daisy turned aside | C |
| Little Houstonia scornfully laughed | C |
| As she danced on her slender stem | J |
| While the cowslip bent to the rippling waves | Z |
| And whispered the tale to them | J |
| A blue eyed grass looked down on the worm | N |
| As it silently turned away | C |
| And cried 'Thou wilt harm our delicate leaves | A2 |
| And therefore thou canst not stay ' | - |
| Then a sweet soft voice called out from far | B2 |
| 'Come hither poor worm to me | Q |
| The sun lies warm in this quiet spot | C |
| And I'll share my home with thee ' | - |
| The wondering flowers looked up to see | Q |
| Who had offered the worm a home | I |
| 'T was a clover blossom whose fluttering leaves | A2 |
| Seemed beckoning him to come | V |
| It dwelt in a sunny little nook | C2 |
| Where cool winds rustled by | B |
| And murmuring bees and butterflies came | D2 |
| On the flower's breast to lie | B |
| Down through the leaves the sunlight stole | E2 |
| And seemed to linger there | G |
| As if it loved to brighten the home | I |
| Of one so sweet and fair | G |
| Its rosy face smiled kindly down | F2 |
| As the friendless worm drew near | G2 |
| And its low voice softly whispering said | C |
| 'Poor thing thou art welcome here | H2 |
| Close at my side in the soft green moss | S |
| Thou wilt find a quiet bed | C |
| Where thou canst softly sleep till Spring | D |
| With my leaves above thee spread | C |
| I pity and love thee friendless worm | N |
| Though thou art not graceful or fair | G |
| For many a dark unlovely form | R |
| Hath a kind heart dwelling there | G |
| No more o'er the green and pleasant earth | I2 |
| Lonely and poor shalt thou roam | I |
| For a loving friend hast thou found in me | Q |
| And rest in my little home ' | - |
| Then deep in its quiet mossy bed | C |
| Sheltered from sun and shower | J2 |
| The grateful worm spun its winter tomb | T |
| In the shadow of the flower | J2 |
| And Clover guarded well its rest | C |
| Till Autumn's leaves were sere | G2 |
| Till all her sister flowers were gone | K2 |
| And her winter sleep drew near | G2 |
| Then her withered leaves were softly spread | C |
| O'er the sleeping worm below | A |
| Ere the faithful little flower lay | C |
| Beneath the winter snow | A |
| - | |
| Spring came again and the flowers rose | E |
| From their quiet winter graves | Z |
| And gayly danced on their slender stems | L2 |
| And sang with the rippling waves | Z |
| Softly the warm winds kissed their cheeks | M2 |
| Brightly the sunbeams fell | N2 |
| As one by one they came again | O2 |
| In their summer homes to dwell | N2 |
| And little Clover bloomed once more | P2 |
| Rosy and sweet and fair | G |
| And patiently watched by the mossy bed | C |
| For the worm still slumbered there | G |
| Then her sister flowers scornfully cried | C |
| As they waved in the summer air | G |
| 'The ugly worm was friendless and poor | Q2 |
| Little Clover why shouldst thou care | G |
| Then watch no more nor dwell alone | R2 |
| Away from thy sister flowers | H |
| Come dance and feast and spend with us | S2 |
| These pleasant summer hours | H |
| We pity thee foolish little flower | J2 |
| To trust what the false worm said | C |
| He will not come in a fairer dress | W |
| For he lies in the green moss dead ' | - |
| But little Clover still watched on | T2 |
| Alone in her sunny home | I |
| She did not doubt the poor worm's truth | U2 |
| And trusted he would come | V |
| - | |
| At last the small cell opened wide | C |
| And a glittering butterfly | B |
| From out the moss on golden wings | V2 |
| Soared up to the sunny sky | B |
| Then the wondering flowers cried aloud | C |
| 'Clover thy watch was vain | W2 |
| He only sought a shelter here | H2 |
| And never will come again ' | - |
| And the unkind flowers danced for joy | X2 |
| When they saw him thus depart | C |
| For the love of a beautiful butterfly | B |
| Is dear to a flower's heart | C |
| They feared he would stay in Clover's home | I |
| And her tender care repay | C |
| So they danced for joy when at last he rose | E |
| And silently flew away | C |
| Then little Clover bowed her head | C |
| While her soft tears fell like dew | C |
| For her gentle heart was grieved to find | C |
| That her sisters' words were true | C |
| And the insect she had watched so long | Y2 |
| When helpless poor and lone | R2 |
| Thankless for all her faithful care | G |
| On his golden wings had flown | R2 |
| But as she drooped in silent grief | Z2 |
| She heard little Daisy cry | B |
| 'O sisters look I see him now | A3 |
| Afar in the sunny sky | B |
| He is floating back from Cloud Land now | A3 |
| Borne by the fragrant air | G |
| Spread wide your leaves that he may choose | B3 |
| The flower he deems most fair ' | - |
| Then the wild rose glowed with a deeper blush | C3 |
| As she proudly waved on her stem | J |
| The Cowslip bent to the clear blue waves | Z |
| And made her mirror of them | J |
| Little Houstonia merrily danced | C |
| And spread her white leaves wide | C |
| While Daisy whispered her joy and hope | D3 |
| As she stood by her gay friends' side | C |
| Violet peeped from the tall green ferns | Y |
| And lifted her soft blue eye | B |
| To watch the glittering form that shone | R2 |
| Afar in the summer sky | B |
| They thought no more of the ugly worm | N |
| Who once had wakened their scorn | E3 |
| But looked and longed for the butterfly now | A3 |
| As the soft wind bore him on | T2 |
| - | |
| Nearer and nearer the bright form came | D2 |
| And fairer the blossoms grew | C |
| Each welcomed him in her sweetest tones | F3 |
| Each offered her honey and dew | C |
| But in vain did they beckon and smile and call | G3 |
| And wider their leaves unclose | F3 |
| The glittering form still floated on | T2 |
| By Violet Daisy and Rose | F3 |
| Lightly it flew to the pleasant home | I |
| Of the flower most truly fair | G |
| On Clover's breast he softly lit | C |
| And folded his bright wings there | G |
| 'Dear flower ' the butterfly whispered low | A |
| 'Long hast thou waited for me | Q |
| Now I am come and my grateful love | H3 |
| Shall brighten thy home for thee | Q |
| Thou hast loved and cared for me when alone | R2 |
| Hast watched o'er me long and well | N2 |
| And now will I strive to show the thanks | F3 |
| The poor worm could not tell | N2 |
| Sunbeam and breeze shall come to thee | Q |
| And the coolest dews that fall | G3 |
| Whate'er a flower can wish is thine | I3 |
| For thou art worthy all | G3 |
| And the home thou shared with the friendless worm | N |
| The butterfly's home shall be | Q |
| And thou shalt find dear faithful flower | J2 |
| A loving friend in me ' | - |
| Then through the long bright summer hours | F3 |
| Through sunshine and through shower | J2 |
| Together in their happy home | I |
| Dwelt butterfly and flower | J2 |
Louisa May Alcott
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