Fringford Brook Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK CAMA NOPO KQBQ RSTU BVWV AXOY| The willows stand by Fringford brook | A |
| From Fringford up to Hethe | B |
| Sun on their cloudy silver heads | C |
| And shadow underneath | B |
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| They ripple to the silent airs | D |
| That stir the lazy day | E |
| Now whitened by their passing hands | F |
| Now turned again to grey | E |
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| The slim marsh thistle's purple plume | G |
| Droops tasselled on the stem | H |
| The golden hawkweeds pierce like flame | I |
| The grass that harbours them | H |
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| Long drowning tresses of the weeds | J |
| Trail where the stream is slow | K |
| The vapoured mauves of water mint | L |
| Melt in the pools below | K |
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| Serenely soft September sheds | C |
| On earth her slumberous look | A |
| The heartbreak of an anguished world | M |
| Throbs not by Fringford brook | A |
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| All peace is here Beyond our range | N |
| Yet 'neath the selfsame sky | O |
| The boys that knew these fields of home | P |
| By Flemish willows lie | O |
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| They waded in the sun shot flow | K |
| They loitered in the shade | Q |
| Who trod the heavy road of death | B |
| Jesting and unafraid | Q |
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| Peace What of peace This glimpse of peace | R |
| Lies at the heart of pain | S |
| For respite ere the spirit's load | T |
| We stoop to lift again | U |
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| O load of grief of faith of wrath | B |
| Of patient quenchless will | V |
| Till God shall ease us of your weight | W |
| We'll bear you higher still | V |
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| O ghosts that walk by Fringford brook | A |
| 'Tis more than peace you give | X |
| For you who knew so well to die | O |
| Shall teach us how to live | Y |
Violet Jacob
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