The Yellow Violet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL MNMN OPOP| When beechen buds begin to swell | A |
| And woods the blue bird's warble know | B |
| The yellow violet's modest bell | A |
| Peeps from the last year's leaves below | B |
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| Ere russet fields their green resume | C |
| Sweet flower I love in forest bare | D |
| To meet thee when thy faint perfume | C |
| Alone is in the virgin air | D |
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| Of all her train the hands of Spring | E |
| First plant thee in the watery mould | F |
| And I have seen thee blossoming | E |
| Beside the snow bank's edges cold | F |
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| Thy parent sun who bade thee view | G |
| Pale skies and chilling moisture sip | H |
| Has bathed thee in his own bright hue | G |
| And streaked with jet thy glowing lip | H |
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| Yet slight thy form and low thy seat | I |
| And earthward bent thy gentle eye | J |
| Unapt the passing view to meet | I |
| When loftier flowers are flaunting nigh | J |
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| Oft in the sunless April day | K |
| Thy early smile has stayed my walk | L |
| But midst the gorgeous blooms of May | K |
| I passed thee on thy humble stalk | L |
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| So they who climb to wealth forget | M |
| The friends in darker fortunes tried | N |
| I copied them but I regret | M |
| That I should ape the ways of pride | N |
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| And when again the genial hour | O |
| Awakes the painted tribes of light | P |
| I'll not o'erlook the modest flower | O |
| That made the woods of April bright | P |
William Cullen Bryant
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