Ode (ii) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDE FGHI JKL MNOP QRST UVWX YDZA2 FB2BA2 C2D2KE2 AF2G2H2 I2F2G2H2| Written on the FIRST of DECEMBER | A |
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| Tho' now no more the musing ear | B |
| Delights to listen to the breeze | C |
| That lingers o'er the green wood shade | D |
| I love thee Winter well | E |
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| Sweet are the harmonies of Spring | F |
| Sweet is the summer's evening gale | G |
| Pleasant the autumnal winds that shake | H |
| The many colour'd grove | I |
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| And pleasant to the sober'd soul | J |
| The silence of the wintry scene | K |
| When Nature shrouds her in her trance | L |
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| Not undelightful now to roam | M |
| The wild heath sparkling on the sight | N |
| Not undelightful now to pace | O |
| The forest's ample rounds | P |
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| And see the spangled branches shine | Q |
| And mark the moss of many a hue | R |
| That varies the old tree's brown bark | S |
| Or o'er the grey stone spreads | T |
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| The cluster'd berries claim the eye | U |
| O'er the bright hollies gay green leaves | V |
| The ivy round the leafless oak | W |
| Clasps its full foliage close | X |
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| So VIRTUE diffident of strength | Y |
| Clings to RELIGION'S firmer aid | D |
| And by RELIGION'S aid upheld | Z |
| Endures calamity | A2 |
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| Nor void of beauties now the spring | F |
| Whose waters hid from summer sun | B2 |
| Have sooth'd the thirsty pilgrim's ear | B |
| With more than melody | A2 |
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| The green moss shines with icey glare | C2 |
| The long grass bends its spear like form | D2 |
| And lovely is the silvery scene | K |
| When faint the sunbeams smile | E2 |
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| Reflection too may love the hour | A |
| When Nature hid in Winter's grave | F2 |
| No more expands the bursting bud | G2 |
| Or bids the flowret bloom | H2 |
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| For Nature soon in Spring's best charms | I2 |
| Shall rise reviv'd from Winter's grave | F2 |
| Again expand the bursting bud | G2 |
| And bid the flowret bloom | H2 |
Robert Southey
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