Away Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EF GG HH II JJ JJ KK AA| I cannot say and I will not say | A |
| That he is dead He is just away | A |
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| With a cheery smile and a wave of the hand | B |
| He has wandered into an unknown land | B |
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| And left us dreaming how very fair | C |
| It needs must be since he lingers there | C |
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| And you O you who the wildest yearn | D |
| For the old time step and the glad return | D |
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| Think of him faring on as dear | E |
| In the love of There as the love of Here | F |
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| And loyal still as he gave the blows | G |
| Of his warrior strength to his country's foes | G |
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| Mild and gentle as he was brave | H |
| When the sweetest love of his life he gave | H |
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| To simple things Where the violets grew | I |
| Blue as the eyes they were likened to | I |
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| The touches of his hands have strayed | J |
| As reverently as his lips have prayed | J |
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| When the little brown thrush that harshly chirred | J |
| Was dear to him as the mocking bird | J |
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| And he pitied as much as a man in pain | K |
| A writhing honey bee wet with rain | K |
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| Think of him still as the same I say | A |
| He is not dead he is just away | A |
James Whitcomb Riley
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