The Unknowing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GCGC AHAH| If the bird knew how through the wintry weather | A |
| An empty nest would swing by day and night | B |
| It would not weave the strands so close together | A |
| Or sing for such delight | B |
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| And if the rosebud dreamed e'er its awaking | C |
| How soon its perfumed leaves would drift apart | D |
| Perchance 'twould fold them close to still the aching | C |
| Within its golden heart | D |
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| If the brown brook that hurries through the grasses | E |
| Knew of drowned sailors and of storms to be | F |
| Methinks 'twould wait a little e'er it passes | E |
| To meet the old grey sea | F |
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| If youth could understand the tears and sorrow | G |
| The sombre days that age and knowledge bring | C |
| It would not be so eager for the morrow | G |
| Or spendthrift of the spring | C |
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| If love but learned how soon life treads its measure | A |
| How short and swift its hours when all is told | H |
| Each kiss and tender word 'twould count and treasure | A |
| As misers count their gold | H |
Virna Sheard
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