The Belated Swallow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCDDDD EEFBBBF GGBGGGB EEGEEEG| And the birds of the air have nests | A |
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| Belated swallow whither flying | B |
| The day is dead the light is dying | B |
| The night draws near | C |
| Where is thy nest slow put together | D |
| Soft lined with moss and downy feather | D |
| For shelter place in stress of weather | D |
| And darkness drear | D |
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| Past past above the lighted city | E |
| Unknowing of my wondering pity | E |
| Seaward she flies | F |
| Alas poor bird what rude awaking | B |
| Has driven thee forth when storms are breaking | B |
| And frightened gulls the waves forsaking | B |
| With warning cries | F |
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| Alas my soul while leaves are greenest | G |
| Thy heedless head thou fondly screenest | G |
| Beneath thy wing | B |
| How bravely thou thy plumage wearest | G |
| How lightly thou life's burthen bearest | G |
| How happily thy home preparest | G |
| In careless spring | B |
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| Yet Destiny the hour may bring thee | E |
| When none of all that sing can sing thee | E |
| To joy or rest | G |
| When all the winds that blow shall blow thee | E |
| And ere the floods shall overflow thee | E |
| The sunlight linger but to show thee | E |
| Thy shattered nest | G |
Mary Hannay Foott
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