Courage Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABCCCB DDD EEEB FFFGHHHG IBBJKKKJ LLLHMMMToday I opened wide my eyes | A |
And stared with wonder and surprise | A |
To see beneath November skies | A |
An apple blossom peer | B |
Upon a branch as bleak as night | C |
It gleamed exultant on my sight | C |
A fairy beacon burning bright | C |
Of hope and cheer | B |
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'Alas ' said I 'poor foolish thing | D |
Have you mistaken this for Spring | D |
Behold the thrush has taken wing | D |
And Winter's near ' | - |
Serene it seemed to lift its head | E |
'The Winter's wrath I do not dread | E |
Because I am ' it proudly said | E |
'A Pioneer | B |
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'Some apple blossom must be first | F |
With beauty's urgency to burst | F |
Into a world for joy athirst | F |
And so I dare | G |
And I shall see what none shall see | H |
December skies gloom over me | H |
And mock them with my April glee | H |
And fearless fare | G |
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'And I shall hear what none shall hear | I |
The hardy robin piping clear | B |
The Storm King gallop dark and drear | B |
Across the sky | J |
And I shall know what none shall know | K |
The silent kisses of the snow | K |
The Christmas candles' silver glow | K |
Before I die | J |
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'Then from your frost gemmed window pane | L |
One morning you will look in vain | L |
My smile of delicate disdain | L |
No more to see | H |
But though I pass before my time | M |
And perish in the grale and grime | M |
Maybe you'll have a little rhyme | M |
To spare for me ' | - |
Robert William Service
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