Poor Cock Robin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIKLILI MNMNIOIPMy garden robin in the Spring | A |
Was rapturous with glee | B |
And followed me with wistful wing | A |
From pear to apple tree | B |
His melodies the summer long | C |
He carolled with delight | D |
As if he could with jewelled song | C |
Find favour in my sight | D |
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And now that Autumn's in the air | E |
He's singing singing still | F |
And yet somehow I cannot bear | E |
The frenzy of his bill | F |
The keen wind ruffs his ruddy breast | G |
As to bare boughs he clings | H |
The sun is sullen in the West | G |
Yet still he sings and sings | H |
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Soon soon the legions of the snow | I |
Will pitch their tents again | J |
And round my window sill I know | I |
He'll call for crumbs in vein | K |
The pulsing passion of his throat | L |
Has hint of Winter woe | I |
The piercing sweetness of his note | L |
entreats me not to go | I |
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In vein in vain Oh valiant one | M |
You sing to bid me stay | N |
For all my life is in the sun | M |
And I must fly away | N |
yet by no gold or orange glow | I |
Will I be comforted | O |
Seeing blood bright in bitter snow | I |
A robin dead | P |
Robert Service
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