Roses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABB CDCDD EFEFF| Oh wind of the spring time oh free wind of May | A |
| When blossoms and bird song are rife | B |
| Oh joy for the season and joy for the day | A |
| That gave me the roses of life of life | B |
| That gave me the roses of life | B |
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| Oh wind of the summer sing loud in the night | C |
| When flutters my heart like a dove | D |
| One came from thy kingdom thy realm of delight | C |
| And gave me the roses of love of love | D |
| And gave me the roses of love | D |
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| Oh wind of the winter sigh low in thy grief | E |
| I hear thy compassionate breath | F |
| I wither I fall like the autumn kissed leaf | E |
| He gave me the roses of death of death | F |
| He gave me the roses of death | F |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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