Recuerdo Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC AADDEE AAF FGG| We were very tired we were very merry | A |
| We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry | A |
| It was bare and bright and smelled like a stable | B |
| But we looked into a fire we leaned across a table | B |
| We lay on a hill top underneath the moon | C |
| And the whistles kept blowing and the dawn came soon | C |
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| We were very tired we were very merry | A |
| We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry | A |
| And you ate an apple and I ate a pear | D |
| From a dozen of each we had bought somewhere | D |
| And the sky went wan and the wind came cold | E |
| And the sun rose dripping a bucketful of gold | E |
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| We were very tired we were very merry | A |
| We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry | A |
| We hailed Good morrow mother to a shawl covered head | F |
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| And bought a morning paper which neither of us read | F |
| And she wept God bless you for the apples and pears | G |
| And we gave her all our money but our subway fares | G |
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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