Mary Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCD EFEFGG HIHIJJ KLKLMM NONOPP QRQROO| The drowsy summer in the flowering limes | A |
| Had laid her down at ease | B |
| Lulled by soft sportive winds whose tinkling chimes | A |
| Summoned the wandering bees | B |
| To feast and dance and hold high carnival | C |
| Within that vast and fragrant banquet hall | D |
| - | |
| She stood my Mary on the wall below | E |
| Poised on light arching feet | F |
| And drew the long green branches down to show | E |
| Where hung mid odors sweet | F |
| A tiny miracle to touch and view | G |
| The humming bird's small nest and pearls of blue | G |
| - | |
| Fair as the summer's self she stood and smiled | H |
| With eyes like summer sky | I |
| Wistful and glad half matron and half child | H |
| Gentle and proud and shy | I |
| Her sweet head framed against the blossoming bough | J |
| She stood a moment and she stands there now | J |
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| 'Tis sixteen years since trustful unafraid | K |
| In her full noon of light | L |
| She passed beneath the grass's curtaining shade | K |
| Out of our mortal sight | L |
| And springs and summers bearing gifts to men | M |
| And long long winters have gone by since then | M |
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| And each some little gift has brought to dress | N |
| That unforgotten bed | O |
| Violet anemone or lady's tress | N |
| Or spray of berries red | O |
| Or purpling leaf or mantle pure and cold | P |
| Of winnowed snow wrapped round it fold on fold | P |
| - | |
| Yet still she stands a glad and radiant shape | Q |
| Set in the morning fair | R |
| That vanished morn which had such swift escape | Q |
| I turn and see her there | R |
| The arch sweet smile the bending graceful head | O |
| And seeing thus why do I call her dead | O |
Susan Coolidge (sarah Chauncey Woolsey)
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