My Mother Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEDEFGFGHI A JKJKLMLMNONOPP| I | A |
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| Reg wished me to go with him to the field | B |
| I paused because I did not want to go | C |
| But in her quiet way she made me yield | B |
| Reluctantly for she was breathing low | C |
| Her hand she slowly lifted from her lap | D |
| And smiling sadly in the old sweet way | E |
| She pointed to the nail where hung my cap | D |
| Her eyes said I shall last another day | E |
| But scarcely had we reached the distant place | F |
| When o'er the hills we heard a faint bell ringing | G |
| A boy came running up with frightened face | F |
| We knew the fatal news that he was bringing | G |
| I heard him listlessly without a moan | H |
| Although the only one I loved was gone | I |
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| II | A |
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| The dawn departs the morning is begun | J |
| The trades come whispering from off the seas | K |
| The fields of corn are golden in the sun | J |
| The dark brown tassels fluttering in the breeze | K |
| The bell is sounding and the children pass | L |
| Frog leaping skipping shouting laughing shrill | M |
| Down the red road over the pasture grass | L |
| Up to the school house crumbling on the hill | M |
| The older folk are at their peaceful toil | N |
| Some pulling up the weeds some plucking corn | O |
| And others breaking up the sun baked soil | N |
| Float faintly scented breeze at early morn | O |
| Over the earth where mortals sow and reap | P |
| Beneath its breast my mother lies asleep | P |
Claude Mckay
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