Sowing Seed Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDB EFGHF IJKDJ LMNOP HQRSQ| As my hand dropt a seed | A |
| In the dibbled mould | B |
| And my mind hurried onward | C |
| To picture the miracle | D |
| June should unfold | B |
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| On a sudden before me | E |
| Hanging its head | F |
| With black petals | G |
| Rotting and tainted | H |
| Stood a flower dead | F |
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| As if all the world's hope | I |
| Were rotting there | J |
| A thing to weep for | K |
| Ripe for burial | D |
| Veined with despair | J |
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| Yet I cannot prevent | L |
| My ignorant heart | M |
| From trust that is deeper | N |
| Than fear can fathom | O |
| Or hope desert | P |
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| The small twy bladed | H |
| Shoot will thrust | Q |
| To brave all hazards | R |
| The seed is sown | S |
| And in Earth I trust | Q |
Robert Laurence Binyon
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