The Prairie Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJKLK MNONMPQP RSTSUEAE VWXWYZYZ DLTLA2B2EB2

The skies are blue above my headA
The prairie green belowB
And flickering o'er the tufted grassC
The shifting shadows goB
Vague sailing where the feathery cloudsD
Fleck white the tranquil skiesE
Black javelins darting where aloftF
The whirring pheasant fliesE
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A glimmering plain in drowsy tranceG
The dim horizon boundsH
Where all the air is resonantI
With sleepy summer soundsH
The life that sings among the flowersJ
The lisping of the breezeK
The hot cicala's sultry cryL
The murmurous dream of beesK
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The butterfly a flying flowerM
Wheels swift in flashing ringsN
And flutters round his quiet kinO
With brave flame mottled wingsN
The wild Pinks burst in crimson fireM
The Phlox' bright clusters shineP
And Prairie Cups are swinging freeQ
To spill their airy wineP
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And lavishly beneath the sunR
In liberal splendor rolledS
The Fennel fills the dipping plainT
With floods of flowery goldS
And widely weaves the Iron WeedU
A woof of purple dyesE
Where Autumn's royal feet may treadA
When bankrupt Summer fliesE
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In verdurous tumult far awayV
The prairie billows gleamW
Upon their crests in blessing restsX
The noontide's gracious beamW
Low quivering vapors steaming dimY
The level splendors breakZ
Where languid Lilies deck the rimY
Of some land circled lakeZ
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Far in the East like low hung cloudsD
The waving woodlands lieL
Far in the West the glowing plainT
Melts warmly in the skyL
No accent wounds the reverent airA2
No footprint dints the sodB2
Lone in the light the prairie liesE
Rapt in a dream of GodB2

John Hay



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Janice: my face lit up as i read this i cant believe a fellow country folk understands me unlike my only friend mouse does, yes hes a mouse but we should not be discrete. hopefully we'll cross eachothers paths. sincerely yours truly up above the sky lights. also come check me out on face book and tok tik. my user is @pinkfluffycountryside and my password is birds of blue
 

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