A Plea For Our Northern Winters Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF FFGG HHII CCJJ KKLL CCMM NNOO| Oh Earth where is the mantle of pleasant emerald dye | A |
| That robed thee in sweet summer time and gladdened heart and eye | A |
| Adorned with blooming roses graceful ferns and blossoms sweet | B |
| And bright green moss like velvet that lay soft beneath our feet | B |
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| What am I not as lovely in my garb of spotless white | C |
| Was young bride in her beauty ever clothed in robe as bright | C |
| Or if you seek for tinting warm at morn and evening hour | D |
| You'll find me bathed in blushes bright as those of summer flower | D |
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| But Earth I miss the verdure of thy woods and forests old | E |
| The waving of their foliage casting shadows o'er the wold | E |
| The golden sunbeams peering 'mid the green leaves here and there | F |
| And I sigh to see the branches so cheerless and so bare | F |
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| But oft they're clothed in ermine to the sight and touch more fair | F |
| Than the costly robing monarchs for regal garments wear | F |
| Whilst at times the glitt'ring branches with jewels are ablaze | G |
| The Frost King's pearls and diamonds flashing back the light's clear rays | G |
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| Well I grieve to see thy rivers thy lakes and mountain streams | H |
| That in summer rippled gaily beneath the suns' glad beams | H |
| As light barks glided swiftly o'er their azure waves at will | I |
| Held now in icy barriers that guard them cold and still | I |
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| But see their glassy bosom what scene could be more bright | C |
| How gaily o'er the surface darts the skater strong and light | C |
| And happy cheerful voices ring out from shore to shore | J |
| And forms are clearly mirrored on that dazzling crystal floor | J |
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| Ah Earth I cannot listen to thy soft persuasive voice | K |
| Though the pleasures thou can'st offer may make other hearts rejoice | K |
| For with love and fond regret I recall each cloudless day | L |
| Spent with friends in sunny rambles when the whole world seemed at play | L |
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| Why the time for pleasant converse is the winter's stormy night | C |
| Its long and quiet evenings with fire and tapers bright | C |
| The soothing strains of music laughter jest and happy song | M |
| Yes the dearest of all pleasures to the winter time belong | M |
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| I yield Oh Earth thou hast thy charms I grant it freely now | N |
| In winter's sterner hours as when the spring buds deck thy brow | N |
| So a truce to idle grieving o'er summer beauties fled | O |
| Our northern winters we'll accept with grateful hearts instead | O |
Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
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