Song Of The Wheelman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EF EFGHGH GI GIAJ AJOver my desk in a dark office bending | A |
Dim seems the sunlight and dull seems the day | B |
But when the afternoon draws toward an ending | A |
Here waits my steel steed I mount and away | B |
Like cobwebs of silver I see in the distance | C |
The glint of bright wheels I must follow and find | D |
What life in the air now what zest in existence | C |
As faster and faster I race with the wind | D |
- | |
Down the smooth pavements and out toward the heather | E |
Ho fellows ho I am coming you see | F |
- | |
Breast to breast now let us speed on together | E |
Who dares try mounting that hillside with me | F |
Over the bridge I go past the green meadows | G |
Au revoir boys I will ride on alone | H |
For in yon cottage half hid in the shadows | G |
Waiting for me is my sweetheart my own | H |
- | |
She watches my wheel as it glitters and glistens | G |
Down the steep crest of the daisy starred hill | I |
- | |
Fair is her cheek as she waits there and listens | G |
For the sure signal blown tenderly shrill | I |
Sweetheart my sweetheart I'm coming I'm coming | A |
Here sturdy steed you may stand by the wall | J |
- | |
A bird to her mate has flown swift thro' the gloaming | A |
Love youth and summer thank God for them all | J |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about Song Of The Wheelman poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Best Poems of Ella Wheeler Wilcox