The Old Men In The Leaf Smoke Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEFGABAHG| The old men rake the yards for winter | A |
| Burning the autumn fallen leaves | B |
| They have no lives the one or the other | A |
| The leaves are dead the old men live | C |
| Only a little light as a leaf | D |
| Left to themselves of all their loves | E |
| Light in the head most often too | F |
| Raking the leaves raking the lives | G |
| Raking life and leaf together | A |
| The old men smell of burning leaves | B |
| But which is which they wonder mdash whether | A |
| Anyone tells the leaves and loves mdash | H |
| Anyone left that is who lives | G |
Archibald Macleish
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