Himself Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABA ACDC EBFB GAHA IJKJ LCMC NOPO OQMQ OKAK RJSJ TUAU| Last night when I was listenin | A |
| Alone to wind and rain | A |
| He took the chair beside me | B |
| Himself come home again | A |
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| His kind blue eyes were smilin | A |
| Beneath his thatch of grey | C |
| He laid his hand on my hand | D |
| The ould sweetheartin way | C |
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| I pressed my cheek upon it | E |
| Remembering bitterly | B |
| The times he faced his daily toil | F |
| Without one smile from me | B |
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| And yet his meals were always good | G |
| His clothes well kept and clean | A |
| The neighbours sure will tell you | H |
| The splendid wife I ve been | A |
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| But in Life s stress and struggle | I |
| We somehow grew apart | J |
| You know these Irish mothers | K |
| 'Tis the childer has their heart | J |
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| And he grew grim and close lipped | L |
| And harder day by day | C |
| Poor man too tired for laughter | M |
| Too worried to be gay | C |
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| But how his care enclosed us | N |
| For all he was so grim | O |
| The very rafters of our home | P |
| Were cut and laid by him | O |
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| And I that might have cheered him | O |
| The bitter words I said | Q |
| Oh God that we remember | M |
| Only when they are dead | Q |
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| But now my arms were round him | O |
| The room seemed full of flowers | K |
| And Youth came back and sunshine | A |
| That glorious time was ours | K |
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| The firelight flamed and flickered | R |
| The embers fell apart | J |
| I woke to empty silence | S |
| With sorrow at my heart | J |
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| The wild winds brought the morning | T |
| The dawn was red and chill | U |
| And Himself was lyin sleepin | A |
| In the graveyard on the hill | U |
Alice Guerin Crist
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