I See The Boys Of Summer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BBCDEF GGHIJK LLMNOI PPQRST A UUVWXY BBZGZA2 PB2C2D2FE2 GGF2G2GH2 A BBI2J2K2L2

IA
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I see the boys of summer in their ruinB
Lay the gold tithings barrenB
Setting no store by harvest freeze the soilsC
Theire in their heat the winter floodsD
Of frozen loves they fetch their girlsE
And drown the cargoed apples in their tidesF
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These boys of light are curdlers in their follyG
Sour the boiling honeyG
The jacks of frost they finger in the hivesH
There in the sun the frigid threadsI
Of doubt and dark they feed their nervesJ
The signal moon is zero in their voidsK
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I see the summer children in their mothersL
Split up the brawned womb's weathersL
Divide the night and day with fairy thumbsM
There in the deep with quartered shadesN
Of sun and moon they paint their damsO
As sunlight paints the shelling of their headsI
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I see that from these boys shall men of nothingP
Stature by seedy shiftingP
Or lame the air with leaping from its heartsQ
There from their hearts the dogdayed pulseR
Of love and light bursts in their throatsS
O see the pulse of summer in the iceT
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IIA
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But seasons must be challenged or they totterU
Into a chiming quarterU
Where punctual as death we ring the starsV
There in his night the black tongued bellsW
The sleepy man of winter pullsX
Nor blows back moon and midnight as she blowsY
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We are the dark deniers let us summonB
Death from a summer womanB
A muscling life from lovers in their crampZ
From the fair dead who flush the seaG
The bright eyed worm on Davy's lampZ
And from the planted womb the man of strawA2
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We summer boys in this four winded spinningP
Green of the seaweed's ironB2
Hold up the noisy sea and drop her birdsC2
Pick the world's ball of wave and frothD2
To choke the deserts with her tidesF
And comb the county gardens for a wreathE2
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In spring we cross our foreheads with the hollyG
Heigh ho the blood and berryG
And nail the merry squires to the treesF2
Here love's damp muscle dries and diesG2
Here break a kiss in no love's quarryG
O see the poles of promise in the boysH2
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IIIA
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I see the boys of summer in their ruinB
Man in his maggot's barrenB
And boys are full and foreign in the pouchI2
I am the man your father wasJ2
We are the sons of flint and pitchK2
O see the poles are kissing as they crossL2

Dylan Thomas



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