A Sleet-storm In May Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIJKK LMMNNOOPPQQRRSTUUU| On southern winds shot through with amber light | A |
| Breathing soft balm and clothed in cloudy white | A |
| The lily fingered Spring came o'er the hills | B |
| Waking the crocus and the daffodils | B |
| O'er the cold Earth she breathed a tender sigh | C |
| The maples sang and flung their banners high | C |
| Their crimson tasselled pennons and the elm | D |
| Bound his dark brows with a green crested helm | D |
| Beneath the musky rot of Autumn's leaves | E |
| Under the forest's myriad naked eaves | E |
| Life woke and rose in gold and green and blue | F |
| Robed in the starlight of the twinkling dew | F |
| With timid tread adown the barren wood | G |
| Spring held her way when lo before her stood | G |
| White mantled Winter wagging his white head | H |
| Stormy his brow and stormily he said | H |
| 'The God of Terror and the King of Storm | I |
| Must I remind thee how my iron arm | J |
| Raised my red standards 'mid these conquered bowers | K |
| Turning their green to crimson Thou with flowers | K |
| Thou wouldst supplant me nay usurp my throne | L |
| Audacious one ' And at her breast he tossed | M |
| A bitter javelin of ice and frost | M |
| And left her lying on th' unfeeling mould | N |
| The fragile blossoms gathered in the fold | N |
| Of her warm bosom fell in desolate rows | O |
| About her beauty and like fragrant snows | O |
| Covered her lovely hands and beautiful feet | P |
| Or on her lips lay like last kisses sweet | P |
| That died there Lilacs musky of the May | Q |
| And bluer violets and snowdrops lay | Q |
| Entombed in crystal icy dim and fair | R |
| Like teardrops scattered in her heavenly hair | R |
| Alas sad heart break not beneath the pain | S |
| Time changeth all the Beautiful wakes again | T |
| We should not question such a higher power | U |
| Knows best what bud is ripest or what flower | U |
| And silently plucks it at the fittest hour | U |
Madison Julius Cawein
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