A Barren "idealty." Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCBDDEFFE GGHIIHCCJKLJ MMNBBJJJOMMO PPQJJQJJQJJJThis song that I sing | A |
It is not of a spring | A |
Nor yet of a silvery stream | B |
But of a vision bright | C |
Which came last night | C |
In the garb of a blissful dream | B |
When I thought as I lay | D |
It was Thanksgiving Day | D |
And I was invited to dine | E |
Where a table stood | F |
On which everything good | F |
Spread a feast that was almost divine | E |
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Where the savors arose | G |
Right under my nose | G |
From turkey and pumpkin pies | H |
And from jolly roast pig | I |
Were slices as big | I |
As some of the campaign lies | H |
And celery so white | C |
'Twas a thing of delight | C |
To bite the crisp stalks in two | J |
And the cranberry sauce | K |
Oh I tell you 'twas boss | L |
And flanked by an oyster stew | J |
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Where the bread and the cake | M |
The best they can bake | M |
Were cut into slices heroic | N |
And the amber ice cream | B |
Melted into my dream | B |
Like love to the heart of a 'poet' | J |
And they heaped up my plate | J |
And I sat there and ate | J |
Till I awoke with a yell | O |
And a shiver and shake | M |
And a pain and an ache | M |
That rudely my dream did dispel | O |
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But dreams as you know | P |
By contraries go | P |
And thus I fear if it will be | Q |
With the one of delight | J |
That came last night | J |
When I feasted so heartily | Q |
And Thanksgiving Day | J |
In the usual way | J |
Will come to me don't you see | Q |
And the dinner I had | J |
And the ache that was bad | J |
Prove a barren idealty | J |
George W. Doneghy
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