Autumn Woods Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DDDD EFEF GHGH IJIK DDDD LDLD GGGG MNMN GDGD DHDO PQPQ| Ere in the northern gale | A |
| The summer tresses of the trees are gone | B |
| The woods of Autumn all around our vale | A |
| Have put their glory on | C |
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| The mountains that infold | D |
| In their wide sweep the coloured landscape round | D |
| Seem groups of giant kings in purple and gold | D |
| That guard the enchanted ground | D |
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| I roam the woods that crown | E |
| The upland where the mingled splendours glow | F |
| Where the gay company of trees look down | E |
| On the green fields below | F |
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| My steps are not alone | G |
| In these bright walks the sweet south west at play | H |
| Flies rustling where the painted leaves are strown | G |
| Along the winding way | H |
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| And far in heaven the while | I |
| The sun that sends that gale to wander here | J |
| Pours out on the fair earth his quiet smile | I |
| The sweetest of the year | K |
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| Where now the solemn shade | D |
| Verdure and gloom where many branches meet | D |
| So grateful when the noon of summer made | D |
| The valleys sick with heat | D |
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| Let in through all the trees | L |
| Come the strange rays the forest depths are bright | D |
| Their sunny coloured foliage in the breeze | L |
| Twinkles like beams of light | D |
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| The rivulet late unseen | G |
| Where bickering through the shrubs its waters run | G |
| Shines with the image of its golden screen | G |
| And glimmerings of the sun | G |
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| But 'neath yon crimson tree | M |
| Lover to listening maid might breathe his flame | N |
| Nor mark within its roseate canopy | M |
| Her blush of maiden shame | N |
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| Oh Autumn why so soon | G |
| Depart the hues that make thy forests glad | D |
| Thy gentle wind and thy fair sunny noon | G |
| And leave thee wild and sad | D |
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| Ah 'twere a lot too blessed | D |
| For ever in thy coloured shades to stray | H |
| Amid the kisses of the soft south west | D |
| To rove and dream for aye | O |
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| And leave the vain low strife | P |
| That makes men mad the tug for wealth and power | Q |
| The passions and the cares that wither life | P |
| And waste its little hour | Q |
William Cullen Bryant
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