Winter-time Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCCC DDEE FFCC GHII| Late lies the wintry sun a bed | A |
| A frosty fiery sleepy head | A |
| Blinks but an hour or two and then | B |
| A blood red orange sets again | B |
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| Before the stars have left the skies | C |
| At morning in the dark I rise | C |
| And shivering in my nakedness | C |
| By the cold candle bathe and dress | C |
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| Close by the jolly fire I sit | D |
| To warm my frozen bones a bit | D |
| Or with a reindeer sled explore | E |
| The colder countries round the door | E |
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| When to go out my nurse doth wrap | F |
| Me in my comforter and cap | F |
| The cold wind burns my face and blows | C |
| Its frosty pepper up my nose | C |
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| Black are my steps on silver sod | G |
| Thick blows my frosty breath abroad | H |
| And tree and house and hill and lake | I |
| Are frosted like a wedding cake | I |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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