California Madrigal Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDE FFGG HHII JJBB KKCC| Oh come my beloved from thy winter abode | A |
| From thy home on the Yuba thy ranch overflowed | A |
| For the waters have fallen the winter has fled | B |
| And the river once more has returned to its bed | B |
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| Oh mark how the spring in its beauty is near | C |
| How the fences and tules once more reappear | C |
| How soft lies the mud on the banks of yon slough | D |
| By the hole in the levee the waters broke through | E |
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| All nature dear Chloris is blooming to greet | F |
| The glance of your eye and the tread of your feet | F |
| For the trails are all open the roads are all free | G |
| And the highwayman's whistle is heard on the lea | G |
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| Again swings the lash on the high mountain trail | H |
| And the pipe of the packer is scenting the gale | H |
| The oath and the jest ringing high o'er the plain | I |
| Where the smut is not always confined to the grain | I |
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| Once more glares the sunlight on awning and roof | J |
| Once more the red clay's pulverized by the hoof | J |
| Once more the dust powders the outsides with red | B |
| Once more at the station the whiskey is spread | B |
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| Then fly with me love ere the summer's begun | K |
| And the mercury mounts to one hundred and one | K |
| Ere the grass now so green shall be withered and sear | C |
| In the spring that obtains but one month in the year | C |
Bret Harte (francis)
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