The Green Of Michigan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE FGFGHDHE IJIJKDKE LALAMDME NONOADAE| I'VE seen the Rockies in the west | A |
| I've seen the canyons wild and grim | B |
| I've seen the prairies golden dressed | A |
| And California's hedges prim | B |
| I've seen the Kansas corn fields blow | C |
| I've seen them wearing summer's tan | D |
| But there's no place on earth can show | C |
| Such glorious green as Michigan | E |
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| I've seen the blue of foreign skies | F |
| I've seen old England's shady lanes | G |
| The famous spots men advertise | F |
| The mountains and the rolling plains | G |
| But wearily my eyes have turned | H |
| From scenes that others gayly scan | D |
| And secretly my soul has yearned | H |
| To see the green of Michigan | E |
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| I've traveled in a Pullman car | I |
| And watched the landscape slipping by | J |
| But always though I've wandered far | I |
| To fairer charms my mind would fly | J |
| And when at last the moving scenes | K |
| Seem painted by some Master Man | D |
| With all the cool and restful greens | K |
| I know I'm back in Michigan | E |
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| Here Mother Nature never tires | L |
| And droops her head upon her breast | A |
| Beneath the scorching summer fires | L |
| She keeps her youth and looks her best | A |
| When other states have lost the hue | M |
| They had when first the spring began | D |
| 'Tis like refreshing drink to view | M |
| The splendid green of Michigan | E |
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| Go search for charms on foreign shores | N |
| Enthuse of wonders as you roam | O |
| I choose the splendors at our doors | N |
| I sing the rich delights of home | O |
| The trees in garb of glory dressed | A |
| The fertile fields that round us span | D |
| I sing the charm that thrills me best | A |
| The glorious green of Michigan | E |
Edgar Albert Guest
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