The Delectable Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHAH IJKL DMNM AEFE FThe boy on the famous gray pony | A |
Just bidding good bye at the door | B |
Plucking up maiden heart for the fences | C |
Where his brother won honour of yore | B |
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The walk to 'the Meet' with fair children | D |
And women as gentle as gay | E |
Ah how do we male hogs in armour | F |
Deserve such companions as they | E |
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The afternoon's wander to windward | G |
To meet the dear boy coming back | H |
And to catch down the turns of the valley | A |
The last weary chime of the pack | H |
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The climb homeward by park and by moorland | I |
And through the fir forests again | J |
While the south west wind roars in the gloaming | K |
Like an ocean of seething champagne | L |
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And at night the septette of Beethoven | D |
And the grandmother by in her chair | M |
And the foot of all feet on the sofa | N |
Beating delicate time to the air | M |
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Ah God a poor soul can but thank Thee | A |
For such a delectable day | E |
Though the fury the fool and the swindler | F |
To morrow again have their way | E |
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Eversley th November | F |
Charles Kingsley
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