A Wren's Nest Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABA BCDC EFBF GBHB BIJI KLML NOBO PQRQ STUT VEWE XYQZ A2B2BB2 JLC2L HED2E E2BF2B G2H2BH2 I2J2K2J2 F2ZL2Y

ith nice careA
Is none that with the little Wren'sB
In snugness may compareA
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No door the tenement requiresB
And seldom needs a laboured roofC
Yet is it to the fiercest sunD
Impervious and storm proofC
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So warm so beautiful withalE
In perfect fitness for its aimF
That to the Kind by special graceB
Their instinct surely cameF
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And when for their abodes they seekG
An opportune recessB
The hermit has no finer eyeH
For shadowy quietnessB
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These find 'mid ivied abbey wallsB
A canopy in some still nookI
Others are pent housed by a braeJ
That overhangs a brookI
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There to the brooding bird her mateK
Warbles by fits his low clear songL
And by the busy streamlet bothM
Are sung to all day longL
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Or in sequestered lanes they buildN
Where till the flitting bird's returnO
Her eggs within the nest reposeB
Like relics in an urnO
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But still where general choice is goodP
There is a better and a bestQ
And among fairest objects someR
Are fairer than the restQ
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This one of those small builders provedS
In a green covert where from outT
The forehead of a pollard oakU
The leafy antlers sproutT
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For She who planned the mossy lodgeV
Mistrusting her evasive skillE
Had to a Primrose looked for aidW
Her wishes to fulfillE
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High on the trunk's projecting browX
And fixed an infant's span aboveY
The budding flowers peeped forth the nestQ
The prettiest of the groveZ
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The treasure proudly did I showA2
To some whose minds without disdainB2
Can turn to little things but onceB
Looked up for it in vainB2
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'Tis gone a ruthless spoiler's preyJ
Who heeds not beauty love or songL
'Tis gone so seemed it and we grievedC2
Indignant at the wrongL
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Just three days after passing byH
In clearer light the moss built cellE
I saw espied its shaded mouthD2
And felt that all was wellE
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The Primrose for a veil had spreadE2
The largest of her upright leavesB
And thus for purposes benignF2
A simple flower deceivesB
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Concealed from friends who might disturbG2
Thy quiet with no ill intentH2
Secure from evil eyes and handsB
On barbarous plunder bentH2
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Rest Mother bird and when thy youngI2
Take flight and thou art free to roamJ2
When withered is the guardian FlowerK2
And empty thy late homeJ2
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Think how ye prospered thou and thineF2
Amid the unviolated groveZ
Housed near the growing Primrose tuftL2
In foresight or in loveY

William Wordsworth



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