The Poet's Portion Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEEEEFFGGHHEEII JJKKEELLBB| What is a mine a treasury a dower | A |
| A magic talisman of mighty power | B |
| A poet's wide possession of the earth | C |
| He has th' enjoyment of a flower's birth | C |
| Before its budding ere the first red streaks | D |
| And Winter cannot rob him of their cheeks | D |
| Look if his dawn be not as other men's | E |
| Twenty bright flushes ere another kens | E |
| The first of sunlight is abroad he sees | E |
| Its golden 'lection of the topmost trees | E |
| And opes the splendid fissures of the morn | F |
| When do his fruits delay when doth his corn | F |
| Linger for harvesting Before the leaf | G |
| Is commonly abroad in his piled sheaf | G |
| The flagging poppies lose their ancient flame | H |
| No sweet there is no pleasure I can name | H |
| But he will sip it first before the lees | E |
| 'Tis his to taste rich honey ere the bees | E |
| Are busy with the brooms He may forestall | I |
| June's rosy advent for his coronal | I |
| Before th' expectant buds upon the bough | J |
| Twining his thoughts to bloom upon his brow | J |
| Oh blest to see the flower in its seed | K |
| Before its leafy presence for indeed | K |
| Leaves are but wings on which the summer flies | E |
| And each thing perishable fades and dies | E |
| Escap'd in thought but his rich thinkings be | L |
| Like overflows of immortality | L |
| So that what there is steep'd shall perish never | B |
| But live and bloom and be a joy forever | B |
Thomas Hood
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