Nancy Hanks Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK BCMC CNCN OPQP RBSB TUVW SXYX| Prairie child | A |
| Brief as dew | B |
| What winds of wonder | C |
| Nourished you | B |
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| Rolling plains | D |
| Of billowy green | E |
| Far horizons | F |
| Blue serene | E |
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| Lofty skies | G |
| The slow clouds climb | H |
| Where burning stars | I |
| Beat out the time | H |
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| These and the dreams | J |
| Of fathers bold | K |
| Baffled longings | L |
| Hopes untold | K |
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| Gave to you | B |
| A heart of fire | C |
| Love like deep waters | M |
| Brave desire | C |
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| Ah when youth's rapture | C |
| Went out in pain | N |
| And all seemed over | C |
| Was all in vain | N |
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| O soul obscure | O |
| Whose wings life bound | P |
| And soft death folded | Q |
| Under the ground | P |
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| Wilding lady | R |
| Still and true | B |
| Who gave us Lincoln | S |
| And never knew | B |
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| To you at last | T |
| Our praise our tears | U |
| Love and a song | V |
| Through The nation s years | W |
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| Mother of Lincoln | S |
| Our tears our praise | X |
| A battle flag | Y |
| And the victor's bays | X |
Harriet Monroe
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