August Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AA BCBC DEDE FGFG HIHI HJHJ KHKH LDMD NHNH OPOP HHHH

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A
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A day of torpor in the sullen heatB
Of Summer's passion In the sluggish streamC
The panting cattle lave their lazy feetB
With drowsy eyes and dreamC
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Long since the winds have died and in the skyD
There lives no cloud to hint of Nature's griefE
The sun glares ever like an evil eyeD
And withers flower and leafE
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Upon the gleaming harvest field remoteF
The thresher lies deserted like some oldG
Dismantled galleon that hangs afloatF
Upon a sea of goldG
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The yearning cry of some bewildered birdH
Above an empty nest and truant boysI
Along the river's shady margin heardH
A harmony of noiseI
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A melody of wrangling voices blentH
With liquid laughter and with rippling callsJ
Of piping lips and thrilling echoes sentH
To mimic waterfallsJ
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And through the hazy veil the atmosphereK
Has draped about the gleaming face of DayH
The sifted glances of the sun appearK
In splinterings of sprayH
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The dusty highway like a cloud of dawnL
Trails o'er the hillside and the passer byD
A tired ghost in misty shroud toils onM
His journey to the skyD
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And down across the valley's drooping sweepN
Withdrawn to farthest limit of the gladeH
The forest stands in silence drinking deepN
Its purple wine of shadeH
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The gossamer floats up on phantom wingO
The sailor vision voyages the skiesP
And carries into chaos everythingO
That freights the weary eyesP
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Till throbbing on and on the pulse of heatH
Increases reaches passes fever's heightH
And Day sinks into slumber cool and sweetH
Within the arms of NightH

James Whitcomb Riley



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