Heat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED FGFGHIJI KEKELMNM OPOPQRER SOSOTOTO OOOOFSFU| From plains that reel to southward dim | A |
| The road runs by me white and bare | B |
| Up the steep hill it seems to swim | A |
| Beyond and melt into the glare | B |
| Upward half way or it may be | C |
| Nearer the summit slowly steals | D |
| A hay cart moving dustily | E |
| With idly clacking wheels | D |
| - | |
| By his cart's side the wagoner | F |
| Is slouching slowly at his ease | G |
| Half hidden in the windless blur | F |
| Of white dust puffing to his knees | G |
| This wagon on the height above | H |
| From sky to sky on either hand | I |
| Is the sole thing that seems to move | J |
| In all the heat held land | I |
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| Beyond me in the fields the sun | K |
| Soaks in the grass and hath his will | E |
| I count the marguerites one by one | K |
| Even the buttercups are still | E |
| On the brook yonder not a breath | L |
| Disturbs the spider at the midge | M |
| The water bugs draw close beneath | N |
| The cool gloom of the bridge | M |
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| Where the far elm tree shadows flood | O |
| Dark patches in the burning grass | P |
| The cows each with her peaceful cud | O |
| Lie waiting for the heat to pass | P |
| From somewhere on the slope near by | Q |
| Into the pale depth of the noon | R |
| A wandering thrush slides leisurely | E |
| His thin revolving tune | R |
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| In intervals of dreams I hear | S |
| The cricket from the droughty ground | O |
| The grass hoppers spin into mine ear | S |
| A small innumerable sound | O |
| I lift my eyes somewhat to gaze | T |
| The burning sky line blinds my sight | O |
| The woods far off are blue with haze | T |
| The hills are drenched in light | O |
| - | |
| And yet to me not this or that | O |
| Is always sharp or always sweet | O |
| In the sloped shadow of my hat | O |
| I lean at rest and drain the heat | O |
| Nay more I think some blessed power | F |
| Hath brought me wandering idly here | S |
| In the full furnace of this hour | F |
| My thoughts grow keen and clear | U |
Archibald Lampman
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