Poor Cock Robin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIKLILI MNMNIOIP| My 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 William Service
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