A Youth Mowing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABA CDCD EFGG HHHH| There are four men mowing down by the Isar | A |
| I can hear the swish of the scythe strokes four | A |
| Sharp breaths taken yea and I | B |
| Am sorry for what's in store | A |
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| The first man out of the four that's mowing | C |
| Is mine I claim him once and for all | D |
| Though it's sorry I am on his young feet knowing | C |
| None of the trouble he's led to stall | D |
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| As he sees me bringing the dinner he lifts | E |
| His head as proud as a deer that looks | F |
| Shoulder deep out of the corn and wipes | G |
| His scythe blade bright unhooks | G |
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| The scythe stone and over the stubble to me | H |
| Lad thou hast gotten a child in me | H |
| Laddie a man thou'lt ha'e to be | H |
| Yea though I'm sorry for thee | H |
David Herbert Lawrence
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