Ode Iii: To The Cuckow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCDEC AFGFGHHG AIDJDKKD DLMLMNNM DOPOPQQP| I | A |
| O rustic herald of the spring | B |
| At length in yonder woody vale | C |
| Fast by the brook I hear thee sing | B |
| And studious of thy homely tale | C |
| Amid the vespers of the grove | D |
| Amid the chaunting choir of love | E |
| Thy sage responses hail | C |
| - | |
| II | A |
| The time has been when I have frown'd | F |
| To hear thy voice the woods invade | G |
| And while thy solemn accent drown'd | F |
| Some sweeter poet of the shade | G |
| Thus thought I thus the sons of care | H |
| Some constant youth or generous fair | H |
| With dull advice upbraid | G |
| - | |
| III | A |
| I said 'While Philomela's song | I |
| 'Proclaims the passion of the grove | D |
| 'It ill beseems a cuckow's tongue | J |
| 'Her charming language to reprove' | D |
| Alas how much a lover's ear | K |
| Hates all the sober truth to hear | K |
| The sober truth of love | D |
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| IV | D |
| When hearts are in each other bless'd | L |
| When nought but lofty faith can rule | M |
| The nymph's and swain's consenting breast | L |
| How cuckow like in Cupid's school | M |
| With store of grave prudential saws | N |
| On fortune's power and custom's laws | N |
| Appears each friendly fool | M |
| - | |
| V | D |
| Yet think betimes ye gentle train | O |
| Whom love and hope and fancy sway | P |
| Who every harsher care disdain | O |
| Who by the morning judge the day | P |
| Think that in April's fairest hours | Q |
| To warbling shades and painted flowers | Q |
| The cuckow joins his lay | P |
Mark Akenside
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