Common Measure or Hymnal Measure
This is a multi stanza form made up of three rhymes alternating in iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter. The form and rhyme scheme can be observed below:
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“First Sign of Spring”
When gloomy winter snow begins
to melt away to give
into hidden springtime warmth and
green, nature again may live.
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