October Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DDEF GGHH IIJJ KKII LLMM NNOP QQRR SSTU VVWW XCFF| The thought of old dear things is in thine eyes | A |
| O month of memories | B |
| Musing on days thine heart hath sorrow of | C |
| Old joy dead hope dear love | C |
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| I see thee stand where all thy sisters meet | D |
| To cast down at thy feet | D |
| The garnered largess of the fruitful year | E |
| And on thy cheek a tear | F |
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| Thy glory flames in every blade and leaf | G |
| To blind the eyes of grief | G |
| Thy vineyards and thine orchards bend with fruit | H |
| That sorrow may be mute | H |
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| A hectic splendor lights thy days to sleep | I |
| Ere the gray dusk may creep | I |
| Sober and sad along thy dusty ways | J |
| Like a lone nun who prays | J |
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| High and faint heard thy passing migrant calls | K |
| Thy lazy lizard sprawls | K |
| On his gray stone and many slow winds creep | I |
| About thy hedge asleep | I |
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| The sun swings farther toward his love the south | L |
| To kiss her glowing mouth | L |
| And Death who steals among thy purpling bowers | M |
| Is deeply hid in flowers | M |
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| Would that thy streams were Lethe and might flow | N |
| Where lotus blossoms blow | N |
| And all the sweets wherewith thy riches bless | O |
| Might hold no bitterness | P |
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| Would in thy beauty we might all forget | Q |
| Dead days and old regret | Q |
| And through thy realm might fare us forth to roam | R |
| Having no thought for home | R |
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| And yet I feel beneath thy queen's attire | S |
| Woven of blood and fire | S |
| Beneath the golden glory of thy charm | T |
| Thy mother heart beats warm | U |
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| And if mayhap a wandering child of thee | V |
| Weary of land and sea | V |
| Should turn him homeward from his dreamer's quest | W |
| To sob upon thy breast | W |
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| Thine arm would fold him tenderly to prove | X |
| How thine eyes brimmed with love | C |
| And thy dear hand with all a mother's care | F |
| Would rest upon his hair | F |
John Charles Mcneill
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