Come Back To The Farm! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDED DBFB GHIHJKLK MNONPBQB| Brother come back come back | A |
| Dear brother what can be the charm | B |
| That holds you so strong that keeps you so long | C |
| Away from your father's able farm | B |
| Poor Father he tells how he needs you | D |
| And would it be more than is due | D |
| His labors to share his burdens to bear | E |
| Who once bore your burdens for you | D |
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| 'Tis the voice of your sister she calls you | D |
| In tones both of love and alarm | B |
| By dead mother's prayers by father's gray hairs | F |
| Dear brother come back to the farm | B |
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| Father tho' years ago | G |
| The ablest and strongest of men | H |
| Is failing at last you know he has past | I |
| The milestone of three score and ten | H |
| He's feeble he's trembling he's lonely | J |
| Who once was so fearless and brave | K |
| Yet you are away while day after day | L |
| He totters on down to the grave | K |
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| Come from the wide wide world | M |
| Where dangers and perile abound | N |
| Oh how can you roam so far from your home | O |
| Where safety and comfort are found | N |
| Come bring us the light of your presence | P |
| Come give us the strength of your arm | B |
| That we may once more see joy as of yore | Q |
| Sit smiling upon the old farm | B |
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