John S. Crow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBBC DEFEEF GHCHHC IJKJJK LMNMMO CKPKKP QRSRRS TBUBBU VKWKKW XYSYYS SZBZZB ASA2SSA2 SB2BB2B2B DBSBBS

All alone in the fieldA
Stands John S CrowB
And a curious sight is heC
With his head of towB
And a hat pulled lowB
On a face that you never seeC
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His clothes are raggedD
And horrid and oldE
The worst that ever were wornF
They're covered with moldE
And in each foldE
A terrible rent is tornF
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They once were newG
And spick and spanH
As nice as clothes could beC
For though John hardly canH
Be called a manH
They were made for men you seeC
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That old blue coatI
With a double breastJ
And a brass button here and thereK
Was grandfather's bestJ
And matches the vestJ
The one Uncle Phil used to wearK
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The trousers are shortL
They belonged to BobM
Before he had got his growthN
But John's no snobM
And unlike BobM
Cuts his legs to the length of his clothO
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The boots are a mysteryC
How and whereK
John got such a shabby lotP
Such a shocking pairK
I do declareK
Though he may know I do notP
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But the hat that he wearsQ
Is the worst of allR
I wonder that John keeps it onS
It once was tallR
But now it is smallR
Like a closed accordeonS
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But a steady old chapT
Is John S CrowB
And for months has stood at his postU
For corn you knowB
Takes time to growB
And 'tis long between seed and roastU
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And it had to be watchedV
And guarded with careK
From the time it was put in the groundW
For over thereK
And everywhereK
Sad thieves were waiting aroundW
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Sad thieves in blackX
A cowardly setY
Who waited for John to be goneS
That they might getY
A chance to upsetY
The plans of the planter of cornS
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They were no kin to JohnS
Though they bore his nameZ
And belonged to the family CrowB
He'd scorn to claimZ
Any part of the fameZ
That is theirs wherever you goB
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So he has stuck to the fieldA
And watched the cornS
And been watched by the crows from the hillA2
Till at length they're goneS
And so is the cornS
They away and it to the millA2
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Now the work is doneS
And it's time for playB2
For which John is glad I knowB
For though made of hayB2
If he could he would sayB2
It's stupid to be a scarecrowB
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But though it is stupidD
And though it is slowB
To fill such an humble positionS
To be a good scarecrowB
Is better I knowB
Than to scorn a lowly conditionS

Clara Doty Bates



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