To Blossoms Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCCB ADDEFD AGHIIH| Fair pledges of a fruitful tree | A |
| Why do ye fall so fast | B |
| Your date is not so past | B |
| But you may stay yet here awhile | C |
| To blush and gently smile | C |
| And go at last | B |
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| What were ye born to be | A |
| An hour or half's delight | D |
| And so to bid good night | D |
| 'Twas pity Nature brought you forth | E |
| Merely to show your worth | F |
| And lose you quite | D |
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| But you are lovely leaves where we | A |
| May read how soon things have | G |
| Their end though ne'er so brave | H |
| And after they have shown their pride | I |
| Like you awhile they glide | I |
| Into the grave | H |
Robert Herrick
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