Joy In The Woods Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EE FGHGIJIK EE LMLMNHNF EE| There is joy in the woods just now | A |
| The leaves are whispers of song | B |
| And the birds make mirth on the bough | A |
| And music the whole day long | B |
| And God to dwell in the town | C |
| In these springlike summer days | D |
| On my brow an unfading frown | C |
| And hate in my heart always | D |
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| A machine out of gear aye tired | E |
| Yet forced to go on for I m hired | E |
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| Just forced to go on through fear | F |
| For every day I must eat | G |
| And find ugly clothes to wear | H |
| And bad shoes to hurt my feet | G |
| And a shelter for work drugged sleep | I |
| A mere drudge but what can one do | J |
| A man that s a man cannot weep | I |
| Suicide A quitter Oh no | K |
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| But a slave should never grow tired | E |
| Whom the masters have kindly hired | E |
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| But oh for the woods the flowers | L |
| Of natural sweet perfume | M |
| The heartening summer showers | L |
| And the smiling shrubs in bloom | M |
| Dust free dew tinted at morn | N |
| The fresh and life giving air | H |
| The billowing waves of corn | N |
| And the birds notes rich and clear | F |
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| For a man machine toil tired | E |
| May crave beauty too though he s hired | E |
Claude Mckay
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