October In New Zealand Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBC DDEEC CCFFCO JUNE has her diamonds her diamonds of sheen | A |
Meet for a queen s neck if Death had e er a queen | A |
June has her blue days jewels of delight | B |
Set in the ivory of Alp land white | B |
But October October s the lady o the year | C |
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O January s garland is redder than the rose | D |
And the wine red ruby of January glows | D |
All the way to madness and half the way to sin | E |
When sleep is in the poppy and fire is in the whin | E |
But October October s the lady o the year | C |
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October will ride in a mantle o the vair | C |
With the flower o the quince in her dew wet hair | C |
October will ride to the gates of the day | F |
With the bluebells ringing on her maiden way | F |
For October October s the lady o the year | C |
Jessie Mackay
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