Proem Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEAA FFAAGGHIGGJJ AAKKGGLLAAJJ MMNNGGAAOOJJ AABPOOAAAAAA| Where are they the Afterwhiles | A |
| Luring us the lengthening miles | A |
| Of our lives Where is the dawn | B |
| With the dew across the lawn | B |
| Stroked with eager feet the far | C |
| Way the hills and valleys are | C |
| Were the sun that smites the frown | D |
| Of the eastward gazer down | D |
| Where the rifted wreaths of mist | E |
| O'er us tinged with amethyst | E |
| Round the mountain's steep defiles | A |
| Where are the afterwhiles | A |
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| Afterwhile and we will go | F |
| Thither yon and too and fro | F |
| From the stifling city streets | A |
| To the country's cool retreats | A |
| From the riot to the rest | G |
| Were hearts beat the placidest | G |
| Afterwhile and we will fall | H |
| Under breezy trees and loll | I |
| In the shade with thirsty sight | G |
| Drinking deep the blue delight | G |
| Of the skies that will beguile | J |
| Us as children afterwhile | J |
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| Afterwhile and one intends | A |
| To be gentler to his friends | A |
| To walk with them in the hush | K |
| Of still evenings o'er the plush | K |
| Of home leading fields and stand | G |
| Long at parting hand in hand | G |
| One in time will joy to take | L |
| New resolves for some one's sake | L |
| And wear then the look that lies | A |
| Clear and pure in other eyes | A |
| We will soothe and reconcile | J |
| His own conscience afterwhile | J |
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| Afterwhile we have in view | M |
| A far scene to journey to | M |
| Where the old home is and where | N |
| The old mother waits us there | N |
| Peering as the time grows late | G |
| Down the old path to the gate | G |
| How we'll click the latch that locks | A |
| In the pinks and hollyhocks | A |
| And leap up the path once more | O |
| Where she waits us at the door | O |
| How we'll greet the dear old smile | J |
| And the warm tears afterwhile | J |
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| Ah the endless afterwhiles | A |
| Leagues on leagues and miles on miles | A |
| In distance far withdrawn | B |
| Stretching on and on and on | P |
| Till the fancy is footsore | O |
| And faints in the dust before | O |
| The last milestone's granite face | A |
| Hacked with Here Beginneth Space | A |
| O far glimmering worlds and wings | A |
| Mystic smiles and beckonings | A |
| Lead us through the shadowy aisles | A |
| Out into the afterwhiles | A |
James Whitcomb Riley
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