The Firstborn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEG HIHI JKJK LMLM| The harvest sun lay hot and strong | A |
| On waving grain and grain in sheaf | B |
| On dusty highway stretched along | A |
| On hill and vale on stalk and leaf | B |
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| The wind which stirred the tasseled corn | C |
| Came creeping through the casement wide | D |
| And softly kissed the babe new born | C |
| That nestled at its mother's side | D |
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| That mother spoke in tones that thrilled | E |
| My firstborn's cradled in my arm | F |
| Upon my breast his cry is stilled | E |
| And here he lies so dear so warm | G |
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| To her had come a generous share | H |
| Of worldly honors and of fame | I |
| Of hours replete with gladness rare | H |
| But no one hour seemed just the same | I |
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| As that which came when white and spent | J |
| With pain of travail great she lay | K |
| Thrilled through with rapture and content | J |
| And love and pride that August day | K |
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| The fairest picture of the past | L |
| Life's tenderest page till all is done | M |
| A glad young mother holding fast | L |
| God's wondrous gift her little son | M |
Jean Blewett
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