Fido Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF AGAG HIJI AKAK LCLC MKMK NOCO PQPQ JMHM AKAK RCRC SKSKHark the storm is raging high | A |
Beat the breakers on the coast | B |
And the wintry waters cry | A |
Like the wailing of a ghost | B |
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On the rugged coast of Maine | C |
Stands the frugal farmer's cot | D |
What if drive the sleet and rain | C |
John and Hannah heed it not | D |
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On the hills the mad winds roar | E |
And the tall pines toss and groan | F |
Round the headland down the shore | E |
Stormy spirits shriek and moan | F |
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Inky darkness wraps the sky | A |
Not a glimpse of moon or star | G |
And the stormy petrels cry | A |
Out along the harbor bar | G |
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Seated by their blazing hearth | H |
John and Hannah snug and warm | I |
What if darkness wrap the earth | J |
Drive the sleet and howl the storm | I |
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Let the stormy petrels fly | A |
Let the moaning breakers beat | K |
Hark I hear an infant cry | A |
And the patter of baby feet | K |
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And Hannah listened as she spoke | L |
But only heard the driving rain | C |
As on the cottage roof it broke | L |
And pattered on the window pane | C |
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And she sat knitting by the fire | M |
While pussy frolicked at her feet | K |
And ever roared the tempest higher | M |
And ever harder the hailstones beat | K |
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Hark the cry it comes again | N |
Nay it is the winds that wail | O |
And the patter on the pane | C |
Of the driving sleet and hail | O |
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Replied the farmer as he piled | P |
The crackling hemlock on the coals | Q |
And lit his corn cob pipe and smiled | P |
The smile of sweet contented souls | Q |
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Aye let the storm rave o'er the earth | J |
Their kine are snug in barn and byre | M |
The apples sputter on the hearth | H |
The cider simmers on the fire | M |
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But once again at midnight high | A |
She heard in dreams through wind and sleet | K |
An infant moan an infant cry | A |
And the patter of baby feet | K |
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Half waking from her dreams she turned | R |
And heard the driving wind and rain | C |
Still on the hearth the fagots burned | R |
And hail beat on the window pane | C |
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John rose as wont at dawn of day | S |
The earth was white with frozen sleet | K |
And lo his faithful Fido lay | S |
Dead on the door stone at his feet | K |
Hanford Lennox Gordon
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