Why Do Birds Sing? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BBCCDD EEFFCC GGHHII CC| Let poets piece prismatic words | A |
| Give me the jewelled joy of birds | A |
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| What ecstasy moves them to sing | B |
| Is it the lyric glee of Spring | B |
| The dewy rapture of the rose | C |
| Is it the worship born in those | C |
| Who are of Nature's self a part | D |
| The adoration of the heart | D |
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| Is it the mating mood in them | E |
| That makes each crystal note a gem | E |
| Oh mocking bird and nightingale | F |
| Oh mavis lark and robin hail | F |
| Tell me what perfect passion glows | C |
| In your inspired arpeggios | C |
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| A thrush is thrilling as I write | G |
| Its obligato of delight | G |
| And in its fervour as in mine | H |
| I fathom tenderness divine | H |
| And pity those of earthy ear | I |
| Who cannot hear who cannot hear | I |
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| Let poets pattern pretty words | C |
| For lovely largesse bless you Birds | C |
Robert Service
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