I Am Doing No Good! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DDEE FFGGH IIJJIIGGDDKKLLMMNN GGOOGG PPQQRRSSGGTT UVWQKXYYZZ HHA2A2MMB2B2GG| I am doing no good said a little rill | A |
| As it rippled along at the foot of a hill | A |
| I am doing no good with my babbling here | B |
| No one is listening no one is near | C |
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| 'No good no good ' said a violet blue | D |
| As it shook from its petals the sparkling dew | D |
| And opened its wondering azure eyes | E |
| To the soft clear light of the morning skies | E |
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| 'No good ' said a willow tree bending low | F |
| To kiss the rivulet say not so | F |
| Daily and hourly I draw from thee | G |
| The grace and beauty that dwell with me | G |
| And the rustling reeds in the marge that stood | H |
| Reproachfully murmured 'no good no good ' | - |
| 'No good ' indeed cried a dainty bird | I |
| And she sprang from her nest as the sound she heard | I |
| And fluttered her wings o'er the sorrowing stream | J |
| While her bright plumes flashed in the morning beam | J |
| Peace peace my brook and the young leaves stirred | I |
| At the gushing notes of the happy bird | I |
| Do you not nourish the dear beech tree | G |
| That spreads its shelter for mine and me | G |
| You give yon wild rose its beauteous hue | D |
| And yonder violet its tender blue | D |
| And yonder willow its foliage fair | K |
| And yonder lily its fragrance rare | K |
| The sun is gracious and kind we think | L |
| But to you my brooklet we come to drink | L |
| His beams with glory and warmth are rife | M |
| But you afford us the cup of life | M |
| Gentle rivulet cease to pine | N |
| Sing and be happy for me and mine | N |
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| And me said the lily and me and me | G |
| Said violet and rose bud and willow tree | G |
| And rustling reeds and the gray old beech | O |
| Tossing his arms high out of reach | O |
| Fluttering insect and waving tree | G |
| Murmured and rustled for me and me | G |
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| Then the rivulet brightening sped along | P |
| With a freer step and a gladder song | P |
| Through many a valley and meadow green | Q |
| Making her flowery foot prints seen | Q |
| Deepening ever and broadening out | R |
| Greeting the hills with a joyous shout | R |
| Greeting the rocks with a soft caress | S |
| And singing still in her joy's excess | S |
| Till her song swelled out to an anthem free | G |
| As she caught the flash of the distant Sea | G |
| The glorious Sea that with answering tone | T |
| Welcomed his guest from the hill side lone | T |
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| Then the Stream shook hands with the kingly main | U |
| And glancing back to her source again | V |
| Beheld each place where her steps had been | W |
| Glowing in tenderest loveliest green | Q |
| Saw beauty and fruitfulness fresh and fair | K |
| Wherever her gladdening footsteps were | X |
| And caught from the green hills far away | Y |
| The echo of many a woodland lay | Y |
| And the perfume of many a wild flower borne | Z |
| On the scented wings of the dewy morn | Z |
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| And then the rivulet understood | H |
| That all along she'd been doing good | H |
| That a rich green belt on Earth's sunny breast | A2 |
| Was left to tell of her mission blest | A2 |
| That Earth with lovelier flowers was rife | M |
| For her calm footsteps and patient life | M |
| That giving much she had gathered more | B2 |
| Winning an ever increasing store | B2 |
| And at length unfettered and strong and free | G |
| A home she had found with the glorious Sea | G |
Pamela S. Vining, (j. C. Yule)
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