Lilacs Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFDGDG FHFHIGIG| In lonely gardens deserted unseen | A |
| Oh lovely lilacs of purple and white | B |
| You are dipping down through a mist of green | A |
| For the morning sun's delight | B |
| And the velvet bee all belted with black | C |
| Drinks deep of the wine which your flagons hold | D |
| Clings close to your plumes while he fills his pack | C |
| With a load of burnished gold | D |
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| You hide the fences with blossoms of snow | E |
| And sweeten the shade of castle towers | F |
| Over low grey gables you brightly blow | E |
| Like amethysts turned to flowers | F |
| The tramp on the highway ragged and bold | D |
| Wears you close to his heart with jaunty air | G |
| You rest in my lady's girdle of gold | D |
| And are held against her hair | G |
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| In God's own acre your tender flowers | F |
| Bend down to the grasses and seem to sigh | H |
| For those who count time no more by hours | F |
| Whose summers have all passed by | H |
| But at eventide the south wind will sing | I |
| Like a gentle priest who chanteth a prayer | G |
| And thy purple censers he'll set a swing | I |
| To perfume the twilight air | G |
Virna Sheard
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