Joe Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEEFFGHDDIIJJKK LLLLFFMMNNOOPP| A meadow brown across the yonder edge | A |
| A zigzag fence is ambling here a wedge | A |
| Of underbush has cleft its course in twain | B |
| Till where beyond it staggers up again | C |
| The long grey rails stretch in a broken line | D |
| Their ragged length of rough split forest pine | D |
| And in their zigzag tottering have reeled | E |
| In drunken efforts to enclose the field | E |
| Which carries on its breast September born | F |
| A patch of rustling yellow Indian corn | F |
| Beyond its shrivelled tassels perched upon | G |
| The topmost rail sits Joe the settler s son | H |
| A little semi savage boy of nine | D |
| Now dozing in the warmth of Nature s wine | D |
| His face the sun has tampered with and wrought | I |
| By heated kisses mischief and has brought | I |
| Some vagrant freckles while from here and there | J |
| A few wild locks of vagabond brown hair | J |
| Escape the old straw hat the sun looks through | K |
| And blinks to meet his Irish eyes of blue | K |
| Barefooted innocent of coat or vest | L |
| His grey checked shirt unbuttoned at his chest | L |
| Both hardy hands within their usual nest | L |
| His breeches pockets so he waits to rest | L |
| His little fingers somewhat tired and worn | F |
| That all day long were husking Indian corn | F |
| His drowsy lids snap at some trivial sound | M |
| With lazy yawns he slips towards the ground | M |
| Then with an idle whistle lifts his load | N |
| And shambles home along the country road | N |
| That stretches on fringed out with stumps and weeds | O |
| And finally unto the backwoods leads | O |
| Where forests wait with giant trunk and bough | P |
| The axe of pioneer the settler s plough | P |
Emily Pauline Johnson
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