Winter Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDE FGFGHIHJ KLKLMNMN OPOPQBQC| Dear Boy throw that Icicle down | A |
| And sweep this deep Snow from the door | B |
| Old Winter comes on with a frown | A |
| A terrible frown for the poor | C |
| In a Season so rude and forlorn | D |
| How can age how can infancy bear | E |
| The silent neglect and the scorn | D |
| Of those who have plenty to spare | E |
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| Fresh broach'd is my Cask of old Ale | F |
| Well tim'd now the frost is set in | G |
| Here's Job come to tell us a tale | F |
| We'll make him at home to a pin | G |
| While my Wife and I bask o'er the fire | H |
| The roll of the Seasons will prove | I |
| That Time may diminish desire | H |
| But cannot extinguish true love | J |
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| O the pleasures of neighbourly chat | K |
| If you can but keep scandal away | L |
| To learn what the world has been at | K |
| And what the great Orators say | L |
| Though the Wind through the crevices sing | M |
| And Hail down the chimney rebound | N |
| I'm happier than many a king | M |
| While the Bellows blow Bass to the sound | N |
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| Abundance was never my lot | O |
| But out of the trifle that's given | P |
| That no curse may alight on my Cot | O |
| I'll distribute the bounty of Heaven | P |
| The fool and the slave gather wealth | Q |
| But if I add nought to my store | B |
| Yet while I keep conscience in health | Q |
| I've a Mine that will never grow poor | C |
Robert Bloomfield
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