If I Knew What Poets Know Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCAA DEDEFGDD AHAHCCAA| If I knew what poets know | A |
| Would I write a rhyme | B |
| Of the buds that never blow | A |
| In the summer time | B |
| Would I sing of golden seeds | C |
| Springing up in ironweeds | C |
| And of rain drops turned to snow | A |
| If I knew what poets know | A |
| - | |
| Did I know what poets do | D |
| Would I sing a song | E |
| Sadder than the pigeon's coo | D |
| When the days are long | E |
| Where I found a heart in pain | F |
| I would make it glad again | G |
| And the false should be the true | D |
| Did I know what poets do | D |
| - | |
| If I knew what poets know | A |
| I would find a theme | H |
| Sweeter than the placid flow | A |
| Of the fairest dream | H |
| I would sing of love that lives | C |
| On the errors it forgives | C |
| And the world would better grow | A |
| If I knew what poets know | A |
James Whitcomb Riley
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