Dairy Ode Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABB CDEE FFGG HHII JJKK HHLL BBJJ MNOO BBKK PQJJ RSII

Our muse it doth refuse to singA
Of cheese made early in the springA
When cows give milk from spring fodderB
You cannot make a good cheddarB
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The quality is often vileC
Of cheese that is made in AprilD
Therefore we think for that reasonE
You should make later in the seasonE
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Cheese making you should delayF
Until about the first of MayF
Then cows do feed on grassy fieldG
And rich milk they abundant yieldG
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Ontario cannot competeH
With the Northwest in raising wheatH
For cheaper there they it can growI
So price in future may be lowI
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Though this a hardship it may seemJ
Rejoice that you have got the creamJ
In this land of milk and honeyK
Where dairy farmers do make moneyK
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Utensils must be clean and sweetH
So cheese with first class can competeH
And daily polish up milk pansL
Take pains with vats and with milk cansL
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And it is important matterB
To allow no stagnant waterB
But water from pure well or streamJ
The cow must drink to give pure creamJ
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Canadian breeds 'tis best to pairM
With breeds from the shire of AyrN
They thrive on our Canadian feedO
And are for milking splendid breedO
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Though 'gainst spring cheese some do mutterB
Yet spring milk also makes bad butterB
Then there doth arise the queryK
How to utilize it in the dairyK
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The milk it floats in great spring floodP
Though it is not so rich and goodQ
Let us be thankful for this streamJ
Of milk and also curds and creamJ
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All dairymen their highest aimsR
Should be to make the vale of ThamesS
Where milk doth so abundant flowI
Dairyland of OntarioI

James Mcintyre



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