Uncle Ananias Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABAA ACACAC DEDEDE FGFGFH IJIJIJ| His words were magic and his heart was true | A |
| And everywhere he wandered he was blessed | B |
| Out of all ancient men my childhood knew | A |
| I choose him and I mark him for the best | B |
| Of all authoritative liars too | A |
| I crown him loveliest | A |
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| How fondly I remember the delight | A |
| That always glorified him in the spring | C |
| The joyous courage and the benedight | A |
| Profusion of his faith in everything | C |
| He was a good old man and it was right | A |
| That he should have his fling | C |
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| And often underneath the apple trees | D |
| When we surprised him in the summer time | E |
| With what superb magnificence and ease | D |
| He sinned enough to make the day sublime | E |
| And if he liked us there about his knees | D |
| Truly it was no crime | E |
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| All summer long we loved him for the same | F |
| Perennial inspiration of his lies | G |
| And when the russet wealth of autumn came | F |
| There flew but fairer visions to our eyes | G |
| Multiple tropical winged with a feathery flame | F |
| Like birds of paradise | H |
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| So to the sheltered end of many a year | I |
| He charmed the seasons out with pageantry | J |
| Wearing upon his forehead with no fear | I |
| The laurel of approved iniquity | J |
| And every child who knew him far or near | I |
| Did love him faithfully | J |
Edwin Arlington Robinson
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