Autumn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDBEEFFGGE HHIJJKKILLI MMNEENOPBPBQQRR STTSUUVWWVXXYZUUA2ZB 2C2D2YY CCE2E2CF2G2H2I2H2J2J 2F2CCF2 H2H2K2TL2TM2M2N2N2O2 O2P2Q2P2R2Q2R2P2R2S2 C2| As 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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