The Flower Of Mending Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFGF HIJI KCLC MNONTo Eudora after I had had certain dire adventures | A |
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When Dragon fly would fix his wings | B |
When Snail would patch his house | C |
When moths have marred the overcoat | D |
Of tender Mister Mouse | C |
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The pretty creatures go with haste | E |
To the sunlit blue grass hills | F |
Where the Flower of Mending yields the wax | G |
And webs to help their ills | F |
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The hour the coats are waxed and webbed | H |
They fall into a dream | I |
And when they wake the ragged robes | J |
Are joined without a seam | I |
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My heart is but a dragon fly | K |
My heart is but a mouse | C |
My heart is but a haughty snail | L |
In a little stony house | C |
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Your hand was honey comb to heal | M |
Your voice a web to bind | N |
You were a Mending Flower to me | O |
To cure my heart and mind | N |
Vachel Lindsay
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