Slowly The Black Earth Gains Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC BDEC FGHC| Slowly the black earth gains upon the yellow | A |
| And the caked hill side is ribbed soft with furrows | B |
| Turn now again with voice and staff my ploughman | C |
| Guiding thy oxen | C |
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| Lift the great ploughshare clear the stones and brambles | B |
| Plant it the deeper with thy foot upon it | D |
| Uprooting all the flowering weeds that bring not | E |
| Food to thy children | C |
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| Patience is good for man and beast and labour | F |
| Hardens to sorrow and the frost of winter | G |
| Turn then again in the brave hope of harvest | H |
| Singing to heaven | C |
George Santayana
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