In The House Of Idiedaily Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD CC CC EF GG AA HH II JJ KK AA AA II CC BB LL MM NN AA| Oh but life went gayly gayly | A |
| In the house of Idiedaily | A |
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| There were always throats to sing | B |
| Down the river banks with spring | B |
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| When the stir of heart's desire | C |
| Set the sapling's heart on fire | C |
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| Bobolincolns in the meadows | D |
| Leisure in the purple shadows | D |
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| Till the poppies without number | C |
| Bowed their heads in crimson slumber | C |
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| And the twilight came to cover | C |
| Every unreluctant lover | C |
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| Not a night but some brown maiden | E |
| Bettered all the dusk she strayed in | F |
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| While the roses in her hair | G |
| Bankrupted oblivion there | G |
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| Oh but life went gayly gayly | A |
| In the house of Idiedaily | A |
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| But this hostelry The Barrow | H |
| With its chambers bare and narrow | H |
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| Mean ill windowed damp and wormy | I |
| Where the silence makes you squirmy | I |
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| And the guests are never seen to | J |
| Is a vile place a mere lean to | J |
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| Not a traveller speaks well of | K |
| Even worse than I heard tell of | K |
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| Mouldy ramshackle and foul | A |
| What a dwelling for a soul | A |
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| Oh but life went gayly gayly | A |
| In the house of Idiedaily | A |
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| There the hearth was always warm | I |
| From the slander of the storm | I |
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| There your comrade was your neighbor | C |
| Living on to morrow's labor | C |
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| And the board was always steaming | B |
| Though Sir Ringlets might be dreaming | B |
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| Not a plate but scoffed at porridge | L |
| Not a cup but floated borage | L |
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| There were always jugs of sherry | M |
| Waiting for the makers merry | M |
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| And the dark Burgundian wine | N |
| That would make a fool divine | N |
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| Oh but life went gayly gayly | A |
| In the house of Idiedaily | A |
Bliss Carman And Richard Hovey
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