Snow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACCD EFGFGHIH JKJJJKALMM NOPONQRQ ABACCDDown out of heaven | A |
Frost kissed | B |
And wind driven | A |
Flake upon flake | C |
Over forest and lake | C |
Cometh the snow | D |
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Folding the forest | E |
Folding the farms | F |
In a mantle of white | G |
And the river s great arms | F |
Kissed by the chill night | G |
From clamor to rest | H |
Lie all white and shrouded | I |
Upon the world s breast | H |
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Falling so slowly | J |
Down from above | K |
So white hushed and holy | J |
Folding the city | J |
Like the great pity | J |
Of God in His love | K |
Sent down out of heaven | A |
On its sorrow and crime | L |
Blotting them folding them | M |
Under its rime | M |
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Fluttering rustling | N |
Soft as a breath | O |
The whisper of leaves | P |
The low pinions of death | O |
Or the voice of the dawning | N |
When day has its birth | Q |
Is the music of silence | R |
It makes to the earth | Q |
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Thus down out of heaven | A |
Frost kissed | B |
And wind driven | A |
Flake upon flake | C |
Over forest and lake | C |
Cometh the snow | D |
William Wilfred Campbell
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