Knitting Socks Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCAADDEEDDAAFFGG HHIJKKLLMMNNNNNNCOPP QQ| CLICK click how the needles go | A |
| Through the busy fingers to and fro | A |
| With no bright colors of berlin wool | B |
| Delicate hands today are full | B |
| Only a yarn of deep dull blue | C |
| Socks for the feet of the brave and true | C |
| Yet click click how the needles go | A |
| 'Tis a power within that nerves them so | A |
| In the sunny hours of the bright spring day | D |
| And still in the night time far away | D |
| Maiden mother grandame sit | E |
| Earnest and thoughtful while they knit | E |
| Many the silent prayers they pray | D |
| Many the tear drops brushed away | D |
| While busy on the needles go | A |
| Widen and narrow heel and toe | A |
| The grandame thinks with a thrill of pride | F |
| How her mother knit and spun beside | F |
| For that patriot band in olden days | G |
| Who died the Stars and Stripes to raise | G |
| Now she in turn knits for the brave | H |
| Who'd die that glorious flag to save | H |
| She is glad she says ''the boys' have gone | I |
| 'Tis just as their grandfathers would have done | J |
| But she heaves a sigh and the tears will start | K |
| For 'the boys' were the pride of grandame's heart | K |
| The mother's look is calm and high | L |
| God only hears her soul's deep cry | L |
| In Freedom's name at Freedom's call | M |
| She gave her sons in them her all | M |
| The maiden's cheek wears a paler shade | N |
| But the light in her eyes is undismayed | N |
| Faith and hope give strength to her sight | N |
| She sees a red dawn after the night | N |
| Oh soldiers brave will it brighten the day | N |
| And shorten the march on the weary way | N |
| To know that at home the loving and true | C |
| Are knitting and hoping and praying for your | O |
| Soft are the voices when speaking your name | P |
| Proud are their glories when hearing your fame | P |
| And the gladdest hour in their lives will be | Q |
| When they greet you after the victory | Q |
Anonymous Americas
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