Pastoral Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEAFAGHA IHHHHHHJK HHLMHHHHDN AOPQ| It's the Spring | A |
| Earth has conceived and her bosom | B |
| Teeming with summer is glad | C |
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| Vistas of change and adventure | D |
| Thro' the green land | E |
| The grey roads go beckoning and winding | A |
| Peopled with wains and melodious | F |
| With harness bells jangling | A |
| Jangling and twangling rough rhythms | G |
| To the slow march of the stately great horses | H |
| Whistled and shouted along | A |
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| White fleets of cloud | I |
| Argosies heavy with fruitfulness | H |
| Sail the blue peacefully Green flame the hedgerows | H |
| Blackbirds are bugling and white in wet winds | H |
| Sway the tall poplars | H |
| Pageants of colour and fragrance | H |
| Pass the sweet meadows and viewless | H |
| Walks the mild spirit of May | J |
| Visibly blessing the world | K |
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| O the brilliance of blossoming orchards | H |
| O the savour and thrill of the woods | H |
| When their leafage is stirred | L |
| By the flight of the Angel of Rain | M |
| Loud lows the steer in the fallows | H |
| Rooks are alert and the brooks | H |
| Gurgle and tinkle and trill Thro' the gloamings | H |
| Under the rare shy stars | H |
| Boy and girl wander | D |
| Dreaming in darkness and dew | N |
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| It's the Spring | A |
| A sprightliness feeble and squalid | O |
| Wakes in the ward and I sicken | P |
| Impotent winter at heart | Q |
William Ernest Henley
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