Oh, Why Not Be Happy? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDBEB FFGGDBHB| RUY BLAS Act II | A |
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| Oh why not be happy this bright summer day | B |
| 'Mid perfume of roses and newly mown hay | B |
| Great Nature is smiling the birds in the air | C |
| Sing love lays together and all is most fair | C |
| Then why not be happy | D |
| This bright summer day | B |
| 'Mid perfume of roses | E |
| And newly mown hay | B |
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| The streamlets they wander through meadows so fleet | F |
| Their music enticing fond lovers to meet | F |
| The violets are blooming and nestling their heads | G |
| In richest profusion on moss coated beds | G |
| Then why not be happy | D |
| This bright summer day | B |
| When Nature is fairest | H |
| And all is so gay | B |
Victor Marie Hugo
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