Knitting Socks Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCAADDEEDDAAFFGG HHIJKKLLMMNNNNNNCOPP QQCLICK 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 |
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