Alice Guerin Crist

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Homesick Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJKLK AMNMDOFO OKFKPQOJ

I ve lit the Christmas candleA
As we used to long agoB
When it shone through cabin windowsC
On Holly hedge and snowB
In this fine new house they ve built meD
That is furnished rich and fairE
But I m hearing now the breakers rolling round the cliffs of MoherF
And my heart is aching aching for a breath of Irish airE
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The wren boys on St Stephen s DayG
Went singin up and downH
With their poor dead wren and thorn bushI
I heard them through the townH
But to night down lighted city streetsJ
I hear the distant bandK
And when er they play our own hymns or tune of dear old IrelandL
The poor old foolish heart of me is in another landK
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Twas a lonely hillside chapelA
Where we tramped to midnight MassM
With the flaring lights we carriedN
Throwing shadows on the grassM
But to night my boy will drive meD
In his grand new limousineO
And he ll wrap my furs around me proudly caring for his MotherF
And I ll ride to the Cathedral just as grand as any queenO
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Ah No I m not repininO
And I love this wide new landK
And I m proud to see the childerF
Growin prosperous and grandK
But roots strike deep in Irish soilP
Old memories are sweetQ
And to night my heart is yearnin for the cabin I was born inO
And I smell the reek of turf smoke driftin up the city streetsJ

Alice Guerin Crist



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