The Fire Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEFFGGHHIJKLM MNNMC OO PQQRSRSTTGDDGUUUVVBB VV WXYGWG YX

I was picking raspberries my head was in the canesA
And he came behind and kissed me and I smacked him for his painsA
Says he 'You take it easy That ain't the way to doB
I love you hot as fire my girl and you know you know it tooB
So won't you name the day 'C
But I said 'That I will not 'C
And I pushed him awayD
Out among the raspberries all on a summer dayD
And I says 'You ask in winter if your love's so hotE
For it's summer now and sunny and my hands is full ' says IF
'With the fair by and byF
And the village dance and allG
And the turkey poults is smallG
And so's the ducks and chicksH
And the hay not yet in ricksH
And the flower show'll be presently and hop picking's to comeI
And the fruiting and the harvest homeJ
And my new white gown to make and the jam all to be doneK
Can't you leave a girl aloneL
Your love's too hot for meM
Can't you leave a girl beM
Till the evenings do draw inN
Till the leaves be getting thinN
Till the fires be lighted early and the curtains drawed for teaM
That's the time to do your courting if you come a courting me 'C
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And he took it as I said it an' not as it was meantO
And he wentO
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The hay was stacked the fruit was picked the hops were dry andP
brownQ
And everything was garnered and the year turned upside downQ
And the winter it come on and the fires were early litR
And he'd never come anigh again and all my life was sickS
And I was cold alone with nought to do but sitR
With my hands in my black lap and hear the clock tickS
For father he lay deadT
With the candles at his headT
And his coffin was that black I could see it through the wallG
And I'd sent them all awayD
Though they'd offered for to stayD
I wanted to be cold alone and learn to bear it allG
Then I heard him I'd a known it for his footstep just as plainU
If he'd brought his regiment with him up the rutty frozen laneU
And I hadn't drawed the curtains and I see him through the paneU
And I jumped up in my blacks and I threw the door back wideV
Says I 'You come insideV
For it's cold outside for youB
And it's cold here tooB
And I haven't no more prideV
It's too cold for that ' I criedV
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Then I saw in his faceW
The fear of death and desireX
And oh I took and kissed him again and againY
And I clipped him close and allG
In the winter in the dusk in the quiet house placeW
With the coffin lying black and full the other side the wallG
And 'YOU warm my heart ' I told him 'if there's any fire in men '-
And he got his two arms round me and I felt the fire thenY
And I warmed my heart at the fireX

Edith Nesbit



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