Secrets Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF AHAH IJIK LMNM OPOP ABAB QRQR STUT| In the long bright summer dear to bird and bee | A |
| When the woods are standing in liveries green and gay | B |
| Merry little voices sound from every tree | A |
| And they whisper secrets all the day | B |
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| If we knew the language we should hear strange things | C |
| Mrs Chirry Mrs Flurry deep in private chat | D |
| How are all your nestlings dear Do they use their wings | C |
| What was that sad tale about a cat | D |
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| Where is your new cottage Hush I pray you hush | E |
| Please speak very softly dear and make no noise | F |
| It is on the lowest bough of the lilac bush | G |
| And I am so dreadfully afraid of boys | F |
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| Mr Chirry chose the spot without consulting me | A |
| Such a very public place and insecure for it | H |
| I can scarcely sleep at night for nervousness but he | A |
| Says I am a silly thing and doesn't mind a bit | H |
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| So the Bluebirds have contracted have they for a house | I |
| And a nest is under way for little Mr Wren | J |
| Hush dear hush Be quiet dear quiet as a mouse | I |
| These are weighty secrets and we must whisper them | K |
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| Close the downy dowagers nestle on the bough | L |
| While the timorous voices soften low with dread | M |
| And we walking underneath little reckon their | N |
| Mysteries are couching in the tree tops overhead | M |
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| Ah the pretty whisperers It was very well | O |
| When the leaves were thick and green awhile ago | P |
| Leaves are secret keepers but since the last leaf fell | O |
| There is nothing hidden from the eyes below | P |
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| Bared are the brown tenements and all the world may see | A |
| What Mrs Chirry Mrs Flurry hid so close that day | B |
| In the place of rustling wings cold winds rustling be | A |
| And thickly lie the icicles where once the warm brood lay | B |
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| Shall we tease the birdies when they come back in spring | Q |
| Tease and tell them we have fathomed all their secrets small | R |
| Every secret hiding place and dear and precious thing | Q |
| Which they left behind the leaves the red leaves in the fall | R |
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| They would only laugh at us and wink their saucy eyes | S |
| And answer Last year's secrets are all past and told | T |
| New years bring new happenings and fresh mysteries | U |
| You are very welcome to the stale ones of the old | T |
Susan Coolidge (sarah Chauncey Woolsey)
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