The Old Snake Fence Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEAA FFGG HHII JJHH| In early times the pioneer | A |
| When a few acres he did clear | A |
| He found 'an ample recompense | B |
| For splitting rails and making fence | B |
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| Though it was crooked as a snake | C |
| And zigzag style did not awake | C |
| He thought it was a thing of beauty | D |
| Yet in its day it did its duty | D |
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| And though the old snake fence must fall | E |
| 'Twas easy made axe wedge and maul | E |
| Were all the tools the pioneer | A |
| Required the old rail fence to rear | A |
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| And the old pioneer could boast | F |
| Of fence that did not need a post | F |
| To build it now is waste of timber | G |
| And fertile lands it doth cumber | G |
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| And pine stump fence with its sharp roots | H |
| Will long endure and ward off brutes | H |
| For the crops they ample shield | I |
| And do protect each separate field | I |
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| But old style fence doth waste much land | J |
| Where weeds do grow and bush expand | J |
| And thistle down doth blow from thence | H |
| So folks build wire and the board fence | H |
James Mcintyre
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