A Song Of Long Ago Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABBB CCCDDD EEEBBB FFFGGG HHIGGG| A song of Long Ago | A |
| Sing it lightly sing it low | A |
| Sing it softly like the lisping of the lips we used to know | A |
| When our baby laughter spilled | B |
| From the glad hearts ever filled | B |
| With music blithe as robin ever trilled | B |
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| Let the fragrant summer breeze | C |
| And the leaves of locust trees | C |
| And the apple buds and blossoms and the wings of honey bees | C |
| All palpitate with glee | D |
| Till the happy harmony | D |
| Brings back each childish joy to you and me | D |
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| Let the eyes of fancy turn | E |
| Where the tumbled pippins burn | E |
| Like embers in the orchard's lap of tangled grass and fern | E |
| There let the old path wind | B |
| In and out and on behind | B |
| The cider press that chuckles as we grind | B |
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| Blend in the song the moan | F |
| Of the dove that grieves alone | F |
| And the wild whir of the locust and the bumble's drowsy drone | F |
| And the low of cows that call | G |
| Through the pasture bars when all | G |
| The landscape fades away at evenfall | G |
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| Then far away and clear | H |
| Through the dusky atmosphere | H |
| Let the wailing of the kildee be the only sound we hear | I |
| O sad and sweet and low | G |
| As the memory may know | G |
| Is the glad pathetic song of Long Ago | G |
James Whitcomb Riley
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