Old October Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEEFGHHBA IIJJKKLLMNII OOLLPPIIQQOO| Old October's purt' nigh gone | A |
| And the frosts is comin' on | B |
| Little heavier every day | C |
| Like our hearts is thataway | D |
| Leaves is changin' overhead | E |
| Back from green to gray and red | E |
| Brown and yeller with their stems | F |
| Loosenin' on the oaks and e'ms | G |
| And the balance of the trees | H |
| Gittin' balder every breeze | H |
| Like the heads we're scratchin' on | B |
| Old October's purt' nigh gone | A |
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| I love Old October so | I |
| I can't bear to see her go | I |
| Seems to me like losin' some | J |
| Old home relative er chum | J |
| 'Pears like sorto' settin' by | K |
| Some old friend 'at sigh by sigh | K |
| Was a passin' out o' sight | L |
| Into everlastin' night | L |
| Hickernuts a feller hears | M |
| Rattlin' down is more like tears | N |
| Drappin' on the leaves below | I |
| I love Old October so | I |
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| Can't tell what it is about | O |
| Old October knock me out | O |
| I sleep well enough at night | L |
| And the blamedest appetite | L |
| Ever mortal man possessed | P |
| Last thing et it tastes the best | P |
| Warnuts butternuts pawpaws | I |
| 'Iles and limbers up my jaws | I |
| Fer raal service sich as new | Q |
| Pork spareribs and sausage too | Q |
| Yit fer all they's somepin' 'bout | O |
| Old October knocks me out | O |
James Whitcomb Riley
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