march

Now I ____ that _____ will _____ ____

Now I know that Spring will come again

While my ______ ached from the ___ _____

   Of ____ and ____, and still the ______

    Torn by the ____ were _____ up in __

While my temples ached from the cold burning

   Of hail and wind, and still the primroses

    Torn by the hail were covered up in it

I knew that ____

____ come ____

I knew that Spring

Would come again

What did the _____ know? ____, snow, sleet, ___,

He kept them as ____ as the _____. 

___ had but an ____ to ____

What did the thrushes know? Rain, snow, sleep, hail,

He kept them as quiet as the primroses. 

They had but an hour to sing

they ____ not what they ____ or ______;

  Whether ‘twas ____ or ___ or ____ or ____;

  And or me all was ___: ___ could do no ____.

they cared not what they sang or screamed;

  Whether ‘twas hoarse or sweet or fierce or soft;

  And or me all was sweet: they could do no wrong.

Not till _____ had ___ its ___

   And never a ___, was I ____ of ____

Not till night had half its stars

   And never a cloud, was I aware of silence

Stained with all that hour’s songs, a silence

   Saying that Spring returns, perhaps to-morrow.

______ with all that ____ songs, a _____

   Saying that _____ returns, perhaps ________.

Structure

3 stanza poem (1=3lines, 2=24lines, 3=5lines), following no rhyme scheme- blank verse which makes it conversational, sincere and speech like. Metrics are in iambic pentameter which is reflective, there is an unresolved order with the first like starting on a stressed beat compared to the rest. Extended metaphor for war with a cyclical structure of reassurance— trochaic substitution