Summer Wind Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIIIIJKILIMJN OLPQMRISTUIIVIWIIIII IXIYZI| It is a sultry day the sun has drunk | A |
| The dew that lay upon the morning grass | B |
| There is no rustling in the lofty elm | C |
| That canopies my dwelling and its shade | D |
| Scarce cools me All is silent save the faint | E |
| And interrupted murmur of the bee | F |
| Settling on the sick flowers and then again | G |
| Instantly on the wing The plants around | H |
| Feel the too potent fervours the tall maize | I |
| Rolls up its long green leaves the clover droops | I |
| Its tender foliage and declines its blooms | I |
| But far in the fierce sunshine tower the hills | I |
| With all their growth of woods silent and stern | J |
| As if the scorching heat and dazzling light | K |
| Were but an element they loved Bright clouds | I |
| Motionless pillars of the brazen heaven | L |
| Their bases on the mountains their white tops | I |
| Shining in the far ether fire the air | M |
| With a reflected radiance and make turn | J |
| The gazer's eye away For me I lie | N |
| Languidly in the shade where the thick turf | O |
| Yet virgin from the kisses of the sun | L |
| Retains some freshness and I woo the wind | P |
| That still delays its coming Why so slow | Q |
| Gentle and voluble spirit of the air | M |
| Oh come and breathe upon the fainting earth | R |
| Coolness and life Is it that in his caves | I |
| He hears me See on yonder woody ridge | S |
| The pine is bending his proud top and now | T |
| Among the nearer groves chestnut and oak | U |
| Are tossing their green boughs about He comes | I |
| Lo where the grassy meadow runs in waves | I |
| The deep distressful silence of the scene | V |
| Breaks up with mingling of unnumbered sounds | I |
| And universal motion He is come | W |
| Shaking a shower of blossoms from the shrubs | I |
| And bearing on their fragrance and he brings | I |
| Music of birds and rustling of young boughs | I |
| And sound of swaying branches and the voice | I |
| Of distant waterfalls All the green herbs | I |
| Are stirring in his breath a thousand flowers | I |
| By the road side and the borders of the brook | X |
| Nod gayly to each other glossy leaves | I |
| Are twinkling in the sun as if the dew | Y |
| Were on them yet and silver waters break | Z |
| Into small waves and sparkle as he comes | I |
William Cullen Bryant
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