Ox Cart Man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FGDHG IJJKL DMNFO DPLQR| In October of the year | A |
| he counts potatoes dug from the brown field | B |
| counting the seed counting | C |
| the cellar's portion out | D |
| and bags the rest on the cart's floor | E |
| - | |
| He packs wool sheared in April honey | F |
| in combs linen leather | G |
| tanned from deerhide | D |
| and vinegar in a barrel | H |
| hoped by hand at the forge's fire | G |
| - | |
| He walks by his ox's head ten days | I |
| to Portsmouth Market and sells potatoes | J |
| and the bag that carried potatoes | J |
| flaxseed birch brooms maple sugar goose | K |
| feathers yarn | L |
| - | |
| When the cart is empty he sells the cart | D |
| When the cart is sold he sells the ox | M |
| harness and yoke and walks | N |
| home his pockets heavy | F |
| with the year's coin for salt and taxes | O |
| - | |
| and at home by fire's light in November cold | D |
| stitches new harness | P |
| for next year's ox in the barn | L |
| and carves the yoke and saws planks | Q |
| building the cart again | R |
Donald Hall
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