Home Yearnings Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCD EAFADD GFGDDD DHDHII JIJIKL BIBIMM NONOCD| O for that sweet untroubled rest | A |
| That poets oft have sung | B |
| The babe upon its mother's breast | A |
| The bird upon its young | B |
| The heart asleep without a pain | C |
| When shall I know that sleep again | D |
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| When shall I be as I have been | E |
| Upon my mother's breast | A |
| Sweet Nature's garb of verdant green | F |
| To woo to perfect rest | A |
| Love in the meadow field and glen | D |
| And in my native wilds again | D |
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| The sheep within the fallow field | G |
| The herd upon the green | F |
| The larks that in the thistle shield | G |
| And pipe from morn to e'en | D |
| O for the pasture fields and fen | D |
| When shall I see such rest again | D |
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| I love the weeds along the fen | D |
| More sweet than garden flowers | H |
| For freedom haunts the humble glen | D |
| That blest my happiest hours | H |
| Here prison injures health and me | I |
| I love sweet freedom and the free | I |
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| The crows upon the swelling hills | J |
| The cows upon the lea | I |
| Sheep feeding by the pasture rills | J |
| Are ever dear to me | I |
| Because sweet freedom is their mate | K |
| While I am lone and desolate | L |
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| I loved the winds when I was young | B |
| When life was dear to me | I |
| I loved the song which Nature sung | B |
| Endearing liberty | I |
| I loved the wood the vale the stream | M |
| For there my boyhood used to dream | M |
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| There even toil itself was play | N |
| 'T was pleasure e'en to weep | O |
| 'T was joy to think of dreams by day | N |
| The beautiful of sleep | O |
| When shall I see the wood and plain | C |
| And dream those happy dreams again | D |
John Clare
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