Nest Eggs Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GFHF IDFD JJKJ JJHJ DFHF LDDD| Birds all the summer day | A |
| Flutter and quarrel | B |
| Here in the arbour like | C |
| Tent of the laurel | B |
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| Here in the fork | D |
| The brown nest is seated | E |
| For little blue eggs | F |
| The mother keeps heated | E |
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| While we stand watching her | G |
| Staring like gabies | F |
| Safe in each egg are the | H |
| Bird's little babies | F |
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| Soon the frail eggs they shall | I |
| Chip and upspringing | D |
| Make all the April woods | F |
| Merry with singing | D |
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| Younger than we are | J |
| O children and frailer | J |
| Soon in the blue air they'll be | K |
| Singer and sailor | J |
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| We so much older | J |
| Taller and stronger | J |
| We shall look down on the | H |
| Birdies no longer | J |
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| They shall go flying | D |
| With musical speeches | F |
| High overhead in the | H |
| Tops of the beeches | F |
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| In spite of our wisdom | L |
| And sensible talking | D |
| We on our feet must go | D |
| Plodding and walking | D |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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