To The Nightingale, Which The Author Heard Sing On New Year's Day. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG HIHI GJGJ KLKL| Whence is it that amazed I hear | A |
| From yonder wither'd spray | B |
| This foremost morn of all the year | C |
| The melody of May | B |
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| And why since thousands would be proud | D |
| Of such a favour shown | E |
| Am I selected from the crowd | D |
| To witness it alone | E |
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| Sing'st thou sweet Philomel to me | F |
| For that I also long | G |
| Have practised in the groves like thee | F |
| Though not like thee in song | G |
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| Or sing'st thou rather under force | H |
| Of some divine command | I |
| Commission'd to presage a course | H |
| Of happier days at hand | I |
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| Thrice welcome then for many a long | G |
| And joyless year have I | J |
| As thou to day put forth my song | G |
| Beneath a wintry sky | J |
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| But thee no wintry skies can harm | K |
| Who only need'st to sing | L |
| To make e'en January charm | K |
| And every season spring | L |
William Cowper
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