West Of Fanny O'dea's Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDDE FGDGDDDE HIJIDDDE KGLGCCMDCE| You ll not find the name in geography books | A |
| It isn t marked on the map | B |
| Nor mentioned in atlas or history | C |
| Yet you ve heard of the place mayhap | B |
| The fairies lurk in the boreens there | D |
| And the scent of the black thorn haunts the air | D |
| Where Atlantic batters the coast of Clare | D |
| West of Fanny O Dea s | E |
| - | |
| Now the old folk tell in their cheerful chat | F |
| By the kitchen fire s bright glow | G |
| Of hurling matches or dance or fair | D |
| Of happenings of long ago | G |
| How the heftiest fighters came from there | D |
| Women and men who could do and dare | D |
| From the very heart of the heart of Clare | D |
| West of Fanny O Dea s | E |
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| From West o Fanny s the folk went forth | H |
| To the uttermost parts of the earth | I |
| And the forest fell neath their sturdy stroke | J |
| The cabin rang with mirth | I |
| They builded homes and the faith was there | D |
| Living circles of love and prayer | D |
| Far from the rocky coast of Clare | D |
| West of Fanny O Dea s | E |
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| As the old folk chat at the kitchen fire | K |
| Of doings of long ago | G |
| The young ones smile with a tender scorn | L |
| At a well worn phrase they know | G |
| Now many strange countries and climes there be | C |
| And many queer names o er land and sea | C |
| But | M |
| where | D |
| in the name of geography | C |
| Is West of Fanny O Dea s | E |
Alice Guerin Crist
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