The Joy Of The Hills Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFF GGHHIIJJKK LLMM| I ride on the mountain tops I ride | A |
| I have found my life and am satisfied | A |
| Onward I ride in the blowing oats | B |
| Checking the field lark's rippling notes | B |
| Lightly I sweep | C |
| From steep to steep | C |
| Over my head through the branches high | D |
| Come glimpses of a rushing sky | D |
| The tall oats brush my horse's flanks | E |
| Wild poppies crowd on the sunny banks | E |
| A bee booms out of the scented grass | F |
| A jay laughs with me as I pass | F |
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| I ride on the hills I forgive I forget | G |
| Life's hoard of regret | G |
| All the terror and pain | H |
| Of the chafing chain | H |
| Grind on O cities grind | I |
| I leave you a blur behind | I |
| I am lifted elate the skies expand | J |
| Here the world's heaped gold is a pile of sand | J |
| Let them weary and work in their narrow walls | K |
| I ride with the voices of waterfalls | K |
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| I swing on as one in a dream I swing | L |
| Down the airy hollows I shout I sing | L |
| The world is gone like an empty word | M |
| My body's a bough in the wind my heart a bird | M |
Edwin Markham
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