Autumn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDCEE FFGHHGII JJKLLKMM| The leaves are falling one by one | A |
| The Summer days are past and gone | B |
| The nights are cool and damp | C |
| The little children think it strange | D |
| At tea time for they note the change | D |
| We have to light the lamp | C |
| To roost the chickens earlier go | E |
| And everything has ceased to grow | E |
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| The pumpkins now are big and round | F |
| And turning yellow on the ground | F |
| The leaves are drifting down | G |
| The farm seems bigger than before | H |
| 'T is stripped of all its wondrous store | H |
| Only the russets brown | G |
| Still linger on the trees and they | I |
| Will soon be picked and packed away | I |
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| The cellar's stored with rare delights | J |
| To while away the winter nights | J |
| The squeaking cider mill | K |
| Is gushing forth its nectar rare | L |
| A drink that all the gods call fair | L |
| And O the world is still | K |
| A hush has settled over all | M |
| The Summer's gone and it is Fall | M |
Edgar Albert Guest
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