Fido Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF AGAG HIJI AKAK LCLC MKMK NOCO PQPQ JMHM AKAK RCRC SKSK

Hark the storm is raging highA
Beat the breakers on the coastB
And the wintry waters cryA
Like the wailing of a ghostB
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On the rugged coast of MaineC
Stands the frugal farmer's cotD
What if drive the sleet and rainC
John and Hannah heed it notD
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On the hills the mad winds roarE
And the tall pines toss and groanF
Round the headland down the shoreE
Stormy spirits shriek and moanF
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Inky darkness wraps the skyA
Not a glimpse of moon or starG
And the stormy petrels cryA
Out along the harbor barG
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Seated by their blazing hearthH
John and Hannah snug and warmI
What if darkness wrap the earthJ
Drive the sleet and howl the stormI
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Let the stormy petrels flyA
Let the moaning breakers beatK
Hark I hear an infant cryA
And the patter of baby feetK
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And Hannah listened as she spokeL
But only heard the driving rainC
As on the cottage roof it brokeL
And pattered on the window paneC
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And she sat knitting by the fireM
While pussy frolicked at her feetK
And ever roared the tempest higherM
And ever harder the hailstones beatK
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Hark the cry it comes againN
Nay it is the winds that wailO
And the patter on the paneC
Of the driving sleet and hailO
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Replied the farmer as he piledP
The crackling hemlock on the coalsQ
And lit his corn cob pipe and smiledP
The smile of sweet contented soulsQ
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Aye let the storm rave o'er the earthJ
Their kine are snug in barn and byreM
The apples sputter on the hearthH
The cider simmers on the fireM
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But once again at midnight highA
She heard in dreams through wind and sleetK
An infant moan an infant cryA
And the patter of baby feetK
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Half waking from her dreams she turnedR
And heard the driving wind and rainC
Still on the hearth the fagots burnedR
And hail beat on the window paneC
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John rose as wont at dawn of dayS
The earth was white with frozen sleetK
And lo his faithful Fido layS
Dead on the door stone at his feetK

Hanford Lennox Gordon



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