The King Of Yellow Butterflies (a Poem Game.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABCBDEDEDEFFFEGHIH IHIHJKJLMNNNMMMMThe King of Yellow Butterflies | A |
The King of Yellow Butterflies | A |
The King of Yellow Butterflies | A |
Now orders forth his men | B |
He says The time is almost here | C |
When violets bloom again | B |
Adown the road the fickle rout | D |
Goes flashing proud and bold | E |
Adown the road the fickle rout | D |
Goes flashing proud and bold | E |
Adown the road the fickle rout | D |
Goes flashing proud and bold | E |
They shiver by the shallow pools | F |
They shiver by the shallow pools | F |
They shiver by the shallow pools | F |
And whimper of the cold | E |
They drink and drink A frail pretense | G |
They love to pose and preen | H |
Each pool is but a looking glass | I |
Where their sweet wings are seen | H |
Each pool is but a looking glass | I |
Where their sweet wings are seen | H |
Each pool is but a looking glass | I |
Where their sweet wings are seen | H |
Gentlemen adventurers Gypsies every whit | J |
They live on what they steal Their wings | K |
By briars are frayed a bit | J |
Their loves are light They have no house | L |
And if it rains today | M |
They'll climb into your cattle shed | N |
They'll climb into your cattle shed | N |
They'll climb into your cattle shed | N |
And hide them in the hay | M |
And hide them in the hay | M |
And hide them in the hay | M |
And hide them in the hay | M |
Vachel Lindsay
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