It Was An April Morning: Fresh And Clear Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST UVSCWXYZMA2B2C2CCD2K E2QNF2G2MH2CCCD2| It was an April morning fresh and clear | A |
| The Rivulet delighting in its strength | B |
| Ran with a young man's speed and yet the voice | C |
| Of waters which the winter had supplied | D |
| Was softened down into a vernal tone | E |
| The spirit of enjoyment and desire | F |
| And hopes and wishes from all living things | G |
| Went circling like a multitude of sounds | H |
| The budding groves seemed eager to urge on | I |
| The steps of June as if their various hues | J |
| Were only hindrances that stood between | K |
| Them and their object but meanwhile prevailed | L |
| Such an entire contentment in the air | M |
| That every naked ash and tardy tree | N |
| Yet leafless showed as if the countenance | O |
| With which it looked on this delightful day | P |
| Were native to the summer Up the brook | Q |
| I roamed in the confusion of my heart | R |
| Alive to all things and forgetting all | S |
| At length I to a sudden turning came | T |
| In this continuous glen where down a rock | U |
| The Stream so ardent in its course before | V |
| Sent forth such sallies of glad sound that all | S |
| Which I till then had heard appeared the voice | C |
| Of common pleasure beast and bird the lamb | W |
| The shepherd's dog the linnet and the thrush | X |
| Vied with this waterfall and made a song | Y |
| Which while I listened seemed like the wild growth | Z |
| Or like some natural produce of the air | M |
| That could not cease to be Green leaves were here | A2 |
| But 'twas the foliage of the rocks the birch | B2 |
| The yew the holly and the bright green thorn | C2 |
| With hanging islands of resplendent furze | C |
| And on a summit distant a short space | C |
| By any who should look beyond the dell | D2 |
| A single mountain cottage might be seen | K |
| I gazed and gazed and to myself I said | E2 |
| Our thoughts at least are ours and this wild nook | Q |
| My EMMA I will dedicate to thee | N |
| Soon did the spot become my other home | F2 |
| My dwelling and my out of doors abode | G2 |
| And of the Shepherds who have seen me there | M |
| To whom I sometimes in our idle talk | H2 |
| Have told this fancy two or three perhaps | C |
| Years after we are gone and in our graves | C |
| When they have cause to speak of this wild place | C |
| May call it by the name of EMMA'S DELL | D2 |
William Wordsworth
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