Frances E. W. Harper

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Jamie's Puzzle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE FGHG IBJB KDHD LMIM NOPI QEIE HRLR KSIS

There was grief within our householdA
Because of a vacant chairB
Our mother so loved and preciousC
No longer was sitting thereB
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Our hearts grew heavy with sorrowD
Our eyes with tears were blindE
And little Jamie was wonderingF
Why we were left behindE
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We had told our little darlingF
Of the land of love and lightG
Of the saints all crowned with gloryH
And enrobed in spotless whiteG
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We said that our precious motherI
Had gone to that land so fairB
To dwell with beautiful angelsJ
And to be forever thereB
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But the child was sorely puzzledK
Why dear grandmamma should goD
To dwell in a stranger cityH
When her children loved her soD
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But again the mystic angelL
Came with swift and silent treadM
And our sister Jamie's motherI
Was enrolled among the deadM
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To us the mystery deepenedN
To Jamie it seemed more clearO
Grandma he said must be lonesomeP
And mamma has gone to herI
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But the question lies unansweredQ
In our little Jamie's mindE
Why she should go to our motherI
And leave her children behindE
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To dwell in that lovely cityH
From all that was dear to partR
From children who loved to nestleL
So closely around her heartR
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Dear child like you we are puzzledK
With problems that still remainS
But think in the great hereafterI
Their meaning will all be plainS

Frances E. W. Harper



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