Summer Wind Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIIIIJKILIMJN OLPQMRISTUIIVIWIIIII IXIYZI

It is a sultry day the sun has drunkA
The dew that lay upon the morning grassB
There is no rustling in the lofty elmC
That canopies my dwelling and its shadeD
Scarce cools me All is silent save the faintE
And interrupted murmur of the beeF
Settling on the sick flowers and then againG
Instantly on the wing The plants aroundH
Feel the too potent fervours the tall maizeI
Rolls up its long green leaves the clover droopsI
Its tender foliage and declines its bloomsI
But far in the fierce sunshine tower the hillsI
With all their growth of woods silent and sternJ
As if the scorching heat and dazzling lightK
Were but an element they loved Bright cloudsI
Motionless pillars of the brazen heavenL
Their bases on the mountains their white topsI
Shining in the far ether fire the airM
With a reflected radiance and make turnJ
The gazer's eye away For me I lieN
Languidly in the shade where the thick turfO
Yet virgin from the kisses of the sunL
Retains some freshness and I woo the windP
That still delays its coming Why so slowQ
Gentle and voluble spirit of the airM
Oh come and breathe upon the fainting earthR
Coolness and life Is it that in his cavesI
He hears me See on yonder woody ridgeS
The pine is bending his proud top and nowT
Among the nearer groves chestnut and oakU
Are tossing their green boughs about He comesI
Lo where the grassy meadow runs in wavesI
The deep distressful silence of the sceneV
Breaks up with mingling of unnumbered soundsI
And universal motion He is comeW
Shaking a shower of blossoms from the shrubsI
And bearing on their fragrance and he bringsI
Music of birds and rustling of young boughsI
And sound of swaying branches and the voiceI
Of distant waterfalls All the green herbsI
Are stirring in his breath a thousand flowersI
By the road side and the borders of the brookX
Nod gayly to each other glossy leavesI
Are twinkling in the sun as if the dewY
Were on them yet and silver waters breakZ
Into small waves and sparkle as he comesI

William Cullen Bryant



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