Taking Title Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDCCEE CCFFCC GH| TO make this little house my very own | A |
| Could not be done by law alone | A |
| Though covenant and deed convey | B |
| Absolute fee as lawyers say | B |
| There are domestic rites beside | C |
| By which this house is sanctified | C |
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| By kindled fire upon the hearth | D |
| By planted pansies in the garth | D |
| By food and by the quiet rest | C |
| Of those brown eyes that I love best | C |
| And by a friends bright gift of wine | E |
| I dedicate this house of mine | E |
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| When all but I are soft abed | C |
| I trail about my quiet stead | C |
| A wreath of blue tobacco smoke | F |
| A charm that evil never broke | F |
| And bring my ritual to an end | C |
| By giving shelter to a friend | C |
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| This done O dwelling you become | G |
| Not just a house but truly Home | H |
Christopher Morley
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