The Autumn Sheaf Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ| Still I remember only autumn days | A |
| When golden leaves were floating in the air | B |
| And reddening oaks stood sombre in the haze | A |
| Till sunset struck them with its redder glare | B |
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| And faded leaving me by wood and field | C |
| In fragrant dew and fragrant velvet mould | D |
| To wait among the shades of night concealed | C |
| And learn that story which but once is told | D |
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| Though many seasons of the falling leaves | E |
| I watched my failing hopes and watched their fall | F |
| In memory they are gathered now like sheaves | E |
| So withered that a touch would scatter all | F |
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| Dead leaves and dust more dead to fall apart | G |
| Leaves spreading once in arches over me | H |
| And dust enclosing once a loving heart | G |
| Still I am happy with youth's mystery | H |
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| It cannot be unbound my autumn sheaf | I |
| So let it stand the ruin of my past | J |
| Returning autumn brings the old belief | I |
| Its mystery all its own and it will last | J |
Elizabeth Stoddard
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