A Bridal In The Bois De Boulogne. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC ADAD EE FAFABB AGAGHH IJKJLL MHMHBB HNHNBB OMOMPP AAAANN

HOW the lilacs the lilacs are glowing and blowingA
And white through the delicate verdure of MayB
The blossoming boughs of the hawthorn are showingA
Like beautiful brides in their bridal arrayB
With cobwebs for laces and dewdrops for pearlsC
Fine as a queen's dowry for workaday girlsC
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In an aisle of Acacias enlaced and enlacingA
Where the silvery sunlight tunnels the shadeD
Where snowflakes of butterflies airily chasingA
Each other in trios flash down the arcadeD
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Arrayed in white muslin the wedded brideE
Looks fresh as a daisy the groom by her sideE
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The guests flitted round her with light hearted laughterF
They hunted the slipper they kissed the ringA
Of days gone before and of days coming afterF
They thought of no more than the bird on the wingA
Were the loves and the laughter and lilacs of MayB
With the sunshine above not enough for the dayB
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And the lilacs the lilacs are blowing and glowingA
They pluck them by handfuls and pile them in a massG
And the sap of the Springtide is rising and flowingA
Through the veins of the greenwood the blades of the grassG
Up up to the last leaf a dance on the treeH
It leaps like a fountain abundant and freeH
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The blackbirds are building their nests in the bushesI
And whistle at work as the workpeople doJ
The trees swing their censers the wind comes in gushesK
Of delicate scent mixed of honey and dewJ
Now loud and now loud through the garrulous treesL
A burst of gay music is blown with the breezeL
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And the girls and the boys from the faubourgs of ParisM
The premature gamins as wise as fourscoreH
The vain little Margots and the wide awake HarrysM
Surprised into childhood grew simple once moreH
And vied with the cuckoo as shouting at playB
They dashed through the thickets and darted awayB
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Ah fair is the forest's green glimmering splendourH
The leaves of the lime tree a network of lightN
And fringing long aisles of acacia a tenderH
And delicate veiling of virginal whiteN
Where framed in the gladdening flowers of MayB
The bride and her bridesmaids beam gladder than theyB
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They have crowned her brown tresses with hawthorn in blossomO
They have made her a necklace of daisies for pearlsM
They have set the white lily against her white bosomO
Enthroned on the grass mid a garland of girlsM
With the earth for a footstool the sky roof aboveP
She is queen of the Springtide and Lady of LoveP
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Oh the lilacs the lilacs are glowing and blowingA
They pluck them by bushels as blithely they goA
Through the green scented dusk where the hawthorn is showingA
A luminous whiteness of blossoming snowA
And the Sun ere he goes gives the Moon half his lightN
As a lamp to lead Love on the bridal nightN

Mathilde Blind



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