Ave Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBB CCC DDD EEE AAA FFF AAA GGG HHH III JJJ| PRELUDE TO 'ILLUSTRATED POEMS' | A |
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| FULL well I know the frozen hand has come | B |
| That smites the songs of grove and garden dumb | B |
| And chills sad autumn's last chrysanthemum | B |
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| Yet would I find one blossom if I might | C |
| Ere the dark loom that weaves the robe of white | C |
| Hides all the wrecks of summer out of sight | C |
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| Sometimes in dim November's narrowing day | D |
| When all the season's pride has passed away | D |
| As mid the blackened stems and leaves we stray | D |
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| We spy in sheltered nook or rocky cleft | E |
| A starry disk the hurrying winds have left | E |
| Of all its blooming sisterhood bereft | E |
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| Some pansy with its wondering baby eyes | A |
| Poor wayside nursling fixed in blank surprise | A |
| At the rough welcome of unfriendly skies | A |
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| Or golden daisy will it dare disclaim | F |
| The lion's tooth to wear this gentler name | F |
| Or blood red salvia with its lips aflame | F |
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| The storms have stripped the lily and the rose | A |
| Still on its cheek the flush of summer glows | A |
| And all its heart leaves kindle as it blows | A |
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| So had I looked some bud of song to find | G |
| The careless winds of autumn left behind | G |
| With these of earlier seasons' growth to bind | G |
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| Ah me my skies are dark with sudden grief | H |
| A flower lies faded on my garnered sheaf | H |
| Yet let the sunshine gild this virgin leaf | H |
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| The joyous blessed sunshine of the past | I |
| Still with me though the heavens are overcast | I |
| The light that shines while life and memory last | I |
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| Go pictured rhymes for loving readers meant | J |
| Bring back the smiles your jocund morning lent | J |
| And warm their hearts with sunbeams yet unspent | J |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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