The Leaf Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEE FFGGHHIIJJKK AAFFLLMMNOPPQQRRSSTT UU| It came with spring's soft sun and showers | A |
| Mid bursting buds and blushing flowers | A |
| It flourished on the same light stem | B |
| It drank the same clear dews with them | B |
| The crimson tints of summer morn | C |
| That gilded one did each adorn | C |
| The breeze that whispered light and brief | D |
| To bud or blossom kissed the leaf | D |
| When o'er the leaf the tempest flew | E |
| The bud and blossom trembled too | E |
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| But its companions passed away | F |
| And left the leaf to lone decay | F |
| The gentle gales of spring went by | G |
| The fruits and flowers of summer die | G |
| The autumn winds swept o'er the hill | H |
| And winter's breath came cold and chill | H |
| The leaf now yielded to the blast | I |
| And on the rushing stream was cast | I |
| Far far it glided to the sea | J |
| And whirled and eddied wearily | J |
| Till suddenly it sank to rest | K |
| And slumbered in the ocean's breast | K |
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| Thus life begins its morning hours | A |
| Bright as the birthday of the flowers | A |
| Thus passes like the leaves away | F |
| As withered and as lost as they | F |
| Beneath the parent roof we meet | L |
| In joyous groups and gayly greet | L |
| The golden beams of love and light | M |
| That dawn upon the youthful sight | M |
| But soon we part and one by one | N |
| Like leaves and flowers the group is gone | O |
| One gentle spirit seeks the tomb | P |
| His brow yet fresh with childhood's bloom | P |
| Another treads the paths of fame | Q |
| And barters peace to win a name | Q |
| Another still tempts fortune's wave | R |
| And seeking wealth secures a grave | R |
| The last grasps yet the brittle thread | S |
| Though friends are gone and joy is dead | S |
| Still dares the dark and fretful tide | T |
| And clutches at its power and pride | T |
| Till suddenly the waters sever | U |
| And like the leaf he sinks for ever | U |
Sam G. Goodrich
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