Two Songs Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAABBC DDEEFFC AAGGHBC IBIBJKJK LMLNOGPG AMAMQJRJ| A bee that was searching for sweets one day | A |
| Through the gate of a rose garden happened to stray | A |
| In the heart of a rose he hid away | A |
| And forgot in his bliss the light of day | A |
| As sipping his honey he buzzed in song | B |
| Though day was waning he lingered long | B |
| For the rose was sweet so sweet | C |
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| A robin sits pluming his ruddy breast | D |
| And a madrigal sings to his love in her nest | D |
| Oh the skies they are blue the fields are green | E |
| And the birds in your nest will soon be seen | E |
| She hangs on his words with a thrill of love | F |
| And chirps to him as he sits above | F |
| For the song is sweet so sweet | C |
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| A maiden was out on a summer's day | A |
| With the winds and the waves and the flowers at play | A |
| And she met with a youth of gentle air | G |
| With the light of the sunshine on his hair | G |
| Together they wandered the flowers among | H |
| They loved and loving they lingered long | B |
| For to love is sweet so sweet | C |
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| Bird of my lady's bower | I |
| Sing her a song | B |
| Tell her that every hour | I |
| All the day long | B |
| Thoughts of her come to me | J |
| Filling my brain | K |
| With the warm ecstasy | J |
| Of love's refrain | K |
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| Little bird happy bird | L |
| Being so near | M |
| Where e'en her slightest word | L |
| Thou mayest hear | N |
| Seeing her glancing eyes | O |
| Sheen of her hair | G |
| Thou art in paradise | P |
| Would I were there | G |
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| I am so far away | A |
| Thou art so near | M |
| Plead with her birdling gay | A |
| Plead with my dear | M |
| Rich be thy recompense | Q |
| Fine be thy fee | J |
| If through thine eloquence | R |
| She hearken me | J |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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