The Lapse Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEF D GHGHIJKJLFLFMBMBFFFF F NHNHOPFP| This poem must be done to day | A |
| Then I 'll e'en to it | B |
| I must not dream my time away | A |
| I 'm sure to rue it | B |
| The day is rather bright I know | C |
| The Muse will pardon | D |
| My half defection if I go | C |
| Into the garden | D |
| It must be better working there | E |
| I 'm sure it's sweeter | F |
| And something in the balmy air | E |
| May clear my metre | F |
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| In the Garden | D |
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| Ah this is noble what a sky | G |
| What breezes blowing | H |
| The very clouds I know not why | G |
| Call one to rowing | H |
| The stream will be a paradise | I |
| To day I 'll warrant | J |
| I know the tide that's on the rise | K |
| Will seem a torrent | J |
| I know just how the leafy boughs | L |
| Are all a quiver | F |
| I know how many skiffs and scows | L |
| Are on the river | F |
| I think I 'll just go out awhile | M |
| Before I write it | B |
| When Nature shows us such a smile | M |
| We should n't slight it | B |
| For Nature always makes desire | F |
| By giving pleasure | F |
| And so 't will help me put more fire | F |
| Into my measure | F |
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| On the River | F |
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| The river's fine I 'm glad I came | N |
| That poem 's teasing | H |
| But health is better far than fame | N |
| Though cheques are pleasing | H |
| I don't know what I did it for | O |
| This air 's a poppy | P |
| I 'm sorry for my editor | F |
| He 'll get no copy | P |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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