The Cat-bird Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBDEFGF A HIHIFFFF A FJFJKLKL FMFMNENNNEE| I | A |
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| The tufted gold of the sassafras | B |
| And the gold of the spicewood bush | C |
| Bewilder the ways of the forest pass | B |
| And brighten the underbrush | D |
| The white starred drifts of the wild plum tree | E |
| And the haw with its pearly plumes | F |
| And the redbud misted rosily | G |
| Dazzle the woodland glooms | F |
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| II | A |
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| And I hear the song of the cat bird wake | H |
| I' the boughs o' the gnarled wild crab | I |
| Or there where the snows of the dogwood shake | H |
| That the silvery sunbeams stab | I |
| And it seems to me that a magic lies | F |
| In the crystal sweet of its notes | F |
| That a myriad blossoms open their eyes | F |
| As its strain above them floats | F |
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| III | A |
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| I see the bluebell's blue unclose | F |
| And the trillium's stainless white | J |
| The bird foot violet's purple and rose | F |
| And the poppy golden bright | J |
| And I see the eyes of the bluet wink | K |
| And the heads of the white hearts nod | L |
| And the baby mouths of the woodland pink | K |
| And the sorrel salute the sod | L |
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| IV | - |
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| And this meseems does the cat bird say | F |
| As the blossoms crowd i' the sun | M |
| Up up and out oh out and away | F |
| Up up and out each one | M |
| Sweethearts sweethearts oh sweet sweet sweet | N |
| Come listen and hark to me | E |
| The Spring the Spring with her fragrant feet | N |
| Is passing this way Oh hark to the beat | N |
| Of her bee like heart Oh sweet sweet sweet | N |
| Come open your eyes and see | E |
| See see see | E |
Madison Julius Cawein
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