Hattie Howard

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On The Common Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDD EFGFHH GIJIKK LMNMOO PQRQSS QTQTUU VWQXOO QQYQZZ

We met on Boston CommonA
Of course it was by chanceB
A sudden unexpectedC
But happy circumstanceB
That gave the dull October dayD
A beautiful refulgent rayD
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Like wandering refugees fromE
A city of renownF
Impelled to reconnoiterG
This Massachusetts townF
Each by a common object urgedH
Upon the park our paths convergedH
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Good nature bubbling overG
In healthy hearty laughsI
And little lavish speechesJ
Like pleasant paragraphsI
The kind regard unstudied jokeK
His true felicity bespokeK
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A bit of doleful knowledgeL
Confided unto meM
About the way the doctorsN
Who never could agreeM
His knees had tortured softly drewO
My sympathy and humor tooO
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I hoped he wouldn't lose themP
And languish in the dumpsQ
By having to quadrille onR
A pair of polished stumpsQ
But a corky limb though one might dreadS
Isn't half as bad as a wooden headS
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He censured those empiricsQ
Who never heal an illT
Though bound by their diplomasQ
To either cure or killT
Who should with ignominy crownedU
Their patients follow under groundU
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I left him at the foot ofV
The Soldiers' MonumentW
With incoherent mutteringsQ
As though 'twere his intentX
To turn the sod a rod or twoO
And sleep beside the boys in blueO
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In Hartford's charming circlesQ
His bonhommie I missQ
And having never seen himY
From that day unto thisQ
I think of him with much regretZ
As lying with the soldiers yetZ

Hattie Howard



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