Lettermore Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAAA ACDDAC AEFFAE AGHHAG AIJJAI AHKKAH| These winter days on Lettermore | A |
| The brown west wind it sweeps the bay | B |
| And icy rain beats on the bare | A |
| Unhomely fields that perish there | A |
| The stony fields of Lettermore | A |
| That drink the white Atlantic spray | A |
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| And men who starve on Lettermore | A |
| Cursing the haggard hungry surf | C |
| Will souse the autumn's bruis d grains | D |
| To light dark fires within their brains | D |
| And fight with stones on Lettermore | A |
| Or sprawl beside the smoky turf | C |
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| When spring blows over Lettermore | A |
| To bloom the ragged furze with gold | E |
| The lovely south wind's living breath | F |
| Is laden with the smell of death | F |
| For fever breeds on Lettermore | A |
| To waste the eyes of young and old | E |
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| A black van comes to Lettermore | A |
| The horses stumble on the stones | G |
| The drivers curse for it is hard | H |
| To cross the hills from Oughterard | H |
| And cart the sick from Lettermore | A |
| A stinking load of rags and bones | G |
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| But you will go to Lettermore | A |
| When white sea trout are on the run | I |
| When purple glows between the rocks | J |
| About Lord Dudley's fishing box | J |
| Adown the road to Lettermore | A |
| And wide seas tarnish in the sun | I |
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| And so you'll think of Lettermore | A |
| As a lost island of the blest | H |
| With peasant lovers in a blue | K |
| Dim dusk with heather drench'd in dew | K |
| And the sweet peace of Lettermore | A |
| Remote and dreaming in the West | H |
Francis Brett Young
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