The Poet's Forge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCCB DEFGFE GDHHHD HFIIIF IBJJJB| He lies on his back the idling smith | A |
| A lazy dreaming fellow is he | B |
| The sky is blue or the sky is gray | C |
| He lies on his back the livelong day | C |
| Not a tool in sight say what they may | C |
| A curious sort of smith is he | B |
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| The powers of the air are in league with him | D |
| The country around believes it well | E |
| The wondering folk draw spying near | F |
| Never sight nor sound do they see or hear | G |
| No wonder they feel a little fear | F |
| When is it his work is done so well | E |
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| Never sight nor sound to see or hear | G |
| The powers of the air are in league with him | D |
| High over his head his metals swing | H |
| Fine gold and silver to shame the king | H |
| We might distinguish their glittering | H |
| If once we could get in league with him | D |
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| High over his head his metals swing | H |
| He hammers them idly year by year | F |
| Hammers and chuckles a low refrain | I |
| A bench and a book are a ball and a chain | I |
| The adze is a better tool than the plane | I |
| What's the odds between now and next year | F |
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| Hammers and chuckles his low refrain | I |
| A lazy dreaming fellow is he | B |
| When sudden some day his bells peal out | J |
| And men at the sound for gladness shout | J |
| He laughs and asks what it's all about | J |
| Oh a curious sort of smith is he | B |
Helen Hunt Jackson
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