The Secret Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DBDBEE FGFGHH| What says the wind to the waving trees | A |
| What says the wave to the river | B |
| What means the sigh in the passing breeze | A |
| Why do the rushes quiver | B |
| Have you not heard the fainting cry | C |
| Of the flowers that said Good bye good bye | C |
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| List how the gray dove moans and grieves | D |
| Under the woodland cover | B |
| List to the drift of the falling leaves | D |
| List to the wail of the lover | B |
| Have you not caught the message heard | E |
| Already by wave and breeze and bird | E |
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| Come come away to the river's bank | F |
| Come in the early morning | G |
| Come when the grass with dew is dank | F |
| There you will find the warning | G |
| A hint in the kiss of the quickening air | H |
| Of the secret that birds and breezes bear | H |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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