On The Porch Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCCB DEFEGHCBCBBIJJIKKIBB LL DEFE BBBCCB| As I lie roofed in screened in | A |
| From the pattering rain | B |
| The summer rain | B |
| As I lie | C |
| Snug and dry | C |
| And hear the birds complain | B |
| - | |
| Oh billow on billow | D |
| Oh roar on roar | E |
| Over me wash | F |
| The seas of war | E |
| Over me down down | G |
| Lunges and plunges | H |
| The huge gun with its one blind eye | C |
| The armored train | B |
| And swooping out of the sky | C |
| The aeroplane | B |
| Down down | B |
| The army proudly swinging | I |
| Under gay flags | J |
| The glorious dead heaped up like rags | J |
| A church with bronze bells ringing | I |
| A city all towers | K |
| Gardens of lovers and flowers | K |
| The round world swinging | I |
| In the light of the sun | B |
| All broken undone | B |
| All down under | L |
| Black surges of thunder | L |
| - | |
| Oh billow on billow | D |
| Oh roar on roar | E |
| Over me wash | F |
| The seas of war | E |
| - | |
| As I lie roofed in screened in | B |
| From the pattering rain | B |
| The summer rain | B |
| As I lie | C |
| Snug and dry | C |
| And hear the birds complain | B |
Harriet Monroe
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