Autumn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDBEEFFGGE HHIJJKKILLI MMNEENOPBPBQQRR STTSUUVWWVXXYZUUA2ZB 2C2D2YY CCE2E2CF2G2H2I2H2J2J 2F2CCF2 H2H2K2TL2TM2M2N2N2O2 O2P2Q2P2R2Q2R2P2R2S2 C2As a harvester at dusk | A |
Faring down some woody trail | B |
Leading homeward through the musk | A |
Of may apple and pawpaw | C |
Hazel bush and spice and haw | D |
So comes Autumn swart and hale | B |
Drooped of frame and slow of stride | E |
But withal an air of pride | E |
Looming up in stature far | F |
Higher than his shoulders are | F |
Weary both in arm and limb | G |
Yet the wholesome heart of him | G |
Sheer at rest and satisfied | E |
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Greet him as with glee of drums | H |
And glad cymbals as he comes | H |
Robe him fair O Rain and Shine | I |
He the Emperor the King | J |
Royal lord of everything | J |
Sagging Plenty's granary floors | K |
And out bulging all her doors | K |
He the god of corn and wine | I |
Honey milk and fruit and oil | L |
Lord of feast as lord of toil | L |
Jocund host of yours and mine | I |
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Ho the revel of his laugh | M |
Half is sound of winds and half | M |
Roar of ruddy blazes drawn | N |
Up the throats of chimneys wide | E |
Circling which from side to side | E |
Faces lit as by the Dawn | N |
With her highest tintings on | O |
Tip of nose and cheek and chin | P |
Smile at some old fairy tale | B |
Of enchanted lovers in | P |
Silken gown and coat of mail | B |
With a retinue of elves | Q |
Merry as their very selves | Q |
Trooping ever hand in hand | R |
Down the dales of Wonderland | R |
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Then the glory of his song | S |
Lifting up his dreamy eyes | T |
Singing haze across the skies | T |
Singing clouds that trail along | S |
Towering tops of trees that seize | U |
Tufts of them to stanch the breeze | U |
Singing slanted strands of rain | V |
In between the sky and earth | W |
For the lyre to mate the mirth | W |
And the might of his refrain | V |
Singing southward flying birds | X |
Down to us and afterwards | X |
Singing them to flight again | Y |
Singing blushes to the cheeks | Z |
Of the leaves upon the trees | U |
Singing on and changing these | U |
Into pallor slowly wrought | A2 |
Till the little moaning creeks | Z |
Bear them to their last farewell | B2 |
As Elaine the lovable | C2 |
Was borne down to Lancelot | D2 |
Singing drip of tears and then | Y |
Drying them with smiles again | Y |
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Singing apple peach and grape | C |
Into roundest plumpest shape | C |
Rosy ripeness to the face | E2 |
Of the pippin and the grace | E2 |
Of the dainty stamin tip | C |
To the huge bulk of the pear | F2 |
Pendant in the green caress | G2 |
Of the leaves and glowing through | H2 |
With the tawny laziness | I2 |
Of the gold that Ophir knew | H2 |
Haply too within its rind | J2 |
Such a cleft as bees may find | J2 |
Bungling on it half aware | F2 |
And wherein to see them sip | C |
Fancy lifts an oozy lip | C |
And the singer's falter there | F2 |
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Sweet as swallows swimming through | H2 |
Eddyings of dusk and dew | H2 |
Singing happy scenes of home | K2 |
Back to sight of eager eyes | T |
That have longed for them to come | L2 |
Till their coming is surprise | T |
Uttered only by the rush | M2 |
Of quick tears and prayerful hush | M2 |
Singing on in clearer key | N2 |
Hearty palms of you and me | N2 |
Into grasps that tingle still | O2 |
Rapturous and ever will | O2 |
Singing twank and twang of strings | P2 |
Trill of flute and clarinet | Q2 |
In a melody that rings | P2 |
Like the tunes we used to play | R2 |
And our dreams are playing yet | Q2 |
Singing lovers long astray | R2 |
Each to each and sweeter things | P2 |
Singing in their marriage day | R2 |
And a banquet holding all | S2 |
These delights for festival | C2 |
James Whitcomb Riley
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