A Backward Spring Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCD DCEDDEDFF G| The trees are afraid to put forth buds | A |
| And there is timidity in the grass | B |
| The plots lie gray where gouged by spuds | A |
| And whether next week will pass | B |
| Free of sly sour winds is the fret of each bush | C |
| Of barberry waiting to bloom | D |
| - | |
| Yet the snowdrop's face betrays no gloom | D |
| And the primrose pants in its heedless push | C |
| Though the myrtle asks if it's worth the fight | E |
| This year with frost and rime | D |
| To venture one more time | D |
| On delicate leaves and buttons of white | E |
| From the selfsame bough as at last year's prime | D |
| And never to ruminate on or remember | F |
| What happened to it in mid December | F |
| - | |
| April | G |
Thomas Hardy
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