The Last Days Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFG HHIIJJ KKLLMM| The russet leaves of the sycamore | A |
| Lie at last on the valley floor | A |
| By the autumn wind swept to and fro | B |
| Like ghosts in a tale of long ago | B |
| Shallow and dear the Carmel glides | C |
| Where the willows droop on its vine walled sides | C |
| - | |
| The bracken rust is red on the hill | D |
| The pines stand brooding somber and still | D |
| Gray are the cliffs and the waters gray | E |
| Where the seagulls dip to the sea born spray | E |
| Sad November lady of rain | F |
| Sends the goose wedge over again | G |
| - | |
| Wilder now for the verdure's birth | H |
| Falls the sunlight over the earth | H |
| Kildees call from the fields where now | I |
| The banding blackbirds follow the plow | I |
| Rustling poplar and brittle weed | J |
| Whisper low to the river reed | J |
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| Days departing linger and sigh | K |
| Stars come soon to the quiet sky | K |
| Buried voices intimate strange | L |
| Cry to body and soul of change | L |
| Beauty eternal fugitive | M |
| Seeks the home that we cannot give | M |
George Sterling
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