Minnetonka[by] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEDDFFGGHHII JJKLMMNNOOPPQRHHSSDD EE| I sit once more on breezy shore at sunset in this glorious June | A |
| I hear the dip of gleaming oar I list the singers' merry tune | A |
| Beneath my feet the waters beat and ripple on the polished stones | B |
| The squirrel chatters from his seat the bag pipe beetle hums and drones | B |
| The pink and gold in blooming wold the green hills mirrored in the lake | C |
| The deep blue waters zephyr rolled along the murmuring pebbles break | C |
| The maples screen the ferns and lean the leafy lindens o'er the deep | D |
| The sapphire set in emerald green lies like an Orient gem asleep | D |
| The crimson west glows like the breast of Rhuddin CA when he pipes in May | E |
| As downward droops the sun to rest and shadows gather on the bay | E |
| In amber sky the swallows fly and sail and circle o'er the deep | D |
| The light winged night hawks whir and cry the silver pike and salmon leap | D |
| The rising moon o'er isle and dune looks laughing down on lake and lea | F |
| Weird o'er the waters shrills the loon the high stars twinkle in the sea | F |
| From bank and hill the whippowil sends piping forth his flute like notes | G |
| And clear and shrill the answers trill from leafy isles and silver throats | G |
| The twinkling light on cape and height the hum of voices on the shores | H |
| The merry laughter on the night the dip and plash of frolic oars | H |
| These tell the tale On hill and dale the cities pour their gay and fair | I |
| Along the sapphire lake they sail and quaff like wine the balmy air | I |
| 'Tis well Of yore from isle and shore the smoke of Indian teepees CB rose | J |
| The hunter plied the silent oar the forest lay in still repose | J |
| The moon faced maid in leafy glade her warrior waited from the chase | K |
| The nut brown naked children played and chased the gopher on the grass | L |
| The dappled fawn on wooded lawn peeped out upon the birch canoe | M |
| Swift gliding in the gray of dawn along the silent waters blue | M |
| In yonder tree the great Wanm dee CC securely built her spacious nest | N |
| The blast that swept the landlocked sea CD but rocked her clamorous babes to rest | N |
| By grassy mere the elk and deer gazed on the hunter as he came | O |
| Nor fled with fear from bow or spear so wild were they that they were tame | O |
| Ah birch canoe and hunter too have long forsaken lake and shore | P |
| He bade his fathers' bones adieu and turned away forevermore | P |
| But still methinks on dusky brinks the spirit of the warrior moves | Q |
| At crystal springs the hunter drinks and nightly haunts the spot he loves | R |
| For oft at night I see the light of lodge fires on the shadowy shores | H |
| And hear the wail some maiden's sprite above her slaughtered warrior pours | H |
| I hear the sob on Spirit Knob BZ of Indian mother o'er her child | S |
| And on the midnight waters throb her low yun he he's CE weird and wild | S |
| And sometimes too the light canoe glides like a shadow o'er the deep | D |
| At midnight when the moon is low and all the shores are hushed in sleep | D |
| Alas Alas for all things pass and we shall vanish too as they | E |
| We build our monuments of brass and granite but they waste away | E |
Hanford Lennox Gordon
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