Have You An Eye Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK MNON PBQB| Have you an eye for the trails the trails | A |
| The old mark and the new | B |
| What scurried here what loitered there | C |
| In the dust and in the dew | B |
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| Have you an eye for the beaten track | D |
| The old hoof and the young | E |
| Come name me the drivers of yesterday | F |
| Sing me the songs they sung | E |
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| O was it a schooner last went by | G |
| And where will it ford the stream | H |
| Where will it halt in the early dusk | I |
| And where will the camp fire gleam | H |
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| They used to take the shortest cut | J |
| The cattle trails had made | K |
| Get down the hill by the easy slope | L |
| To the water and the shade | K |
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| But it's barbed wire fence and section line | M |
| And kill horse travel now | N |
| Scoot you down the canyon bank | O |
| The old road's under plough | N |
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| Have you an eye for the laden wheel | P |
| The worn tire or the new | B |
| Or the sign of the prairie pony's hoof | Q |
| Was never trimmed for shoe | B |
Edwin Ford Piper
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