One Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL| The trees rustle the wind blows | A |
| Merrily out of the town | B |
| The shadows creep the sun goes | A |
| Steadily over and down | B |
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| In a brown gloom the moats gleam | C |
| Slender the sweet wife stands | D |
| Her lips are red her eyes dream | C |
| Kisses are warm on her hands | D |
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| The child moans the hours slip | E |
| Bitterly over her head | F |
| In a gray dusk the tears drip | E |
| Mother is up there dead | F |
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| The hermit hears the strange bright | G |
| Murmur of life at play | H |
| In the waste day and waste night | G |
| Times to rebel and to pray | H |
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| The laborer toils in gray wise | I |
| Godlike and patient and calm | J |
| The beggar moans his bleared eyes | I |
| Measure the dust in his palm | J |
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| The wise man marks the flow and ebb | K |
| Hidden and held aloof | L |
| In his deep mind is laid the web | K |
| Shuttles are driving the woof | L |
Archibald Lampman
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