The Caged Thrush Freed And Home Again (villanelle) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA CBAA| Men know but little more than we | A |
| Who count us least of things terrene | B |
| How happy days are made to be | A |
| - | |
| Of such strange tidings what think ye | A |
| O birds in brown that peck and preen | B |
| Men know but little more than we | A |
| - | |
| When I was borne from yonder tree | A |
| In bonds to them I hoped to glean | B |
| How happy days are made to be | A |
| - | |
| And want and wailing turned to glee | A |
| Alas despite their mighty mien | B |
| Men know but little more than we | A |
| - | |
| They cannot change the Frost's decree | A |
| They cannot keep the skies serene | B |
| How happy days are made to be | A |
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| Eludes great Man's sagacity | C |
| No less than ours O tribes in treen | B |
| Men know but little more than we | A |
| How happy days are made to be | A |
Thomas Hardy
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