Sweethearts Of The Year Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFGFHIJI A KLCLMNKN A LOPOQIRICSTS A KUKUCVWVXYTY| i Sweetheart Spring i | A |
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| Our Sweetheart Spring came softly | B |
| Her gliding hands were fire | C |
| Her lilac breath upon our cheeks | D |
| Consumed us with desire | C |
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| By her our God began to build | E |
| Began to sow and till | F |
| He laid foundations in our loves | G |
| For every good and ill | F |
| We asked Him not for blessing | H |
| We asked Him not for pain | I |
| Still to the just and unjust | J |
| He sent His fire and rain | I |
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| i Sweetheart Summer i | A |
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| We prayed not yet she came to us | K |
| The silken shining one | L |
| On Jacob's noble ladder | C |
| Descended from the sun | L |
| She reached our town of Every Day | M |
| Our dry and dusty sod | N |
| We prayed not yet she brought to us | K |
| The misty wine of God | N |
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| i Sweetheart Autumn i | A |
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| The woods were black and crimson | L |
| The frost bit flowers were dead | O |
| But Sweetheart Indian Summer came | P |
| With love winds round her head | O |
| While fruits God given and splendid | Q |
| Belonged to her domain | I |
| Baskets of corn in perfect ear | R |
| And grapes with purple stain | I |
| The treacherous winds persuaded her | C |
| Spring Love was in the wood | S |
| Altho' the end of love was hers | T |
| Fruition Motherhood | S |
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| i Sweetheart Winter i | A |
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| We had done naught of service | K |
| To win our Maker's praise | U |
| Yet Sweetheart Winter came to us | K |
| To gild our waning days | U |
| Down Jacob's winding ladder | C |
| She came from Sunshine Town | V |
| Bearing the sparkling mornings | W |
| And clouds of silver brown | V |
| Bearing the seeds of Springtime | X |
| Upon her snowy seas | Y |
| Bearing the fairy star flowers | T |
| For baby Christmas trees | Y |
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