To Anne On Her Birthday Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFG HIJI KALM NOPO QRST UVAV| Let mirth and joy a season reign | A |
| And sorrow flee away | B |
| Sadness were perfect sin it is | C |
| My Anne's natal day | B |
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| And now a birthday rhyme for her | D |
| This sister of my own | E |
| Accept the song then for my sake | F |
| Sister and only one | G |
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| So long we've lived together here | H |
| Our hopes and fears the same | I |
| Like two of autumn's last grown leaves | J |
| Last of our race and name | I |
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| The past we know its grief and joy | K |
| Its pleasure and its pain | A |
| But know not what may happen ere | L |
| Your birthday comes again | M |
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| Shall we be cradled in the deep | N |
| Beneath the briny wave | O |
| Or shall the white deer lightly bound | P |
| Over my forest grave | O |
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| Or living yet divided far | Q |
| With lands and seas between | R |
| And sorrow reigning in the hearts | S |
| Where childhood's joy has been | T |
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| The future's sealed we know it not | U |
| But wander where we will | V |
| On this broad earth we shall remain | A |
| Lone loving sisters still | V |
Nora Pembroke (margaret Moran Dixon Mcdougall)
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