'tis One By One - The Father Counts Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDE FGHI JIKI LMNM| A | |
| - | |
| 'Tis One by One the Father counts | B |
| And then a Tract between | C |
| Set Cypherless to teach the Eye | D |
| The Value of its Ten | E |
| - | |
| Until the peevish Student | F |
| Acquire the Quick of Skill | G |
| Then Numerals are dowered back | H |
| Adorning all the Rule | I |
| - | |
| 'Tis mostly Slate and Pencil | J |
| And Darkness on the School | I |
| Distracts the Children's fingers | K |
| Still the Eternal Rule | I |
| - | |
| Regards least Cypherer alike | L |
| With Leader of the Band | M |
| And every separate Urchin's Sum | N |
| Is fashioned for his hand | M |
Emily Dickinson
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