The Woodsmen Of San Juan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEEEEC FECCGHC CCEC EICCJCC EC KLIMNNE EC FECCGHC ACCCEEEECCUntil sunset | A |
From the dawn | B |
See the woodsmen of San Juan | C |
They want bread before it s gone | B |
Those from Roque | D |
Feeling rocky | E |
Those from Rique | E |
Feeling tricky | E |
Those from Trique | E |
Sawing on | C |
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Straddling his grandmother s firm knees | F |
Jogging rhythmically the boy rides horsey | E |
Till both tremble filled with exaltation | C |
The granny smiles with motherly affection | C |
But then a premonition flashes through | G |
Her mind fear for the grief and anguish | H |
The coming days hold for her grandson | C |
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See the woodsmen of San Juan | C |
They want bread before it s gone | C |
Sss sss sawing | E |
Sawing on | C |
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Those deep furrows tell the story | E |
Of long suffering and unvoiced sorrows | I |
On her head time has left its snow | C |
On her brow pain few have known | C |
Her eyes clouded by the years | J |
Are turbid mirrors that oft retain | C |
Images from lives forever gone | C |
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Those from Roque feeling rocky | E |
Sss sss sawing sawing on | C |
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Tomorrow when the beloved grandmother | K |
Sleeps deep beneath the earth where others | L |
Too dwell in the dark shadows | I |
Of memory sweetly will come | M |
Across eternity in somber cadences | N |
Sad poems of childhood remembrances | N |
Her voice singing the old song | E |
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Those from Rique feeling tricky | E |
Sss sss sawing sawing on | C |
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Then astride his grandmother s weary knees | F |
Jogging rhythmically the boy rides horsey | E |
Till both tremble filled with exaltation | C |
The granny smiles with motherly affection | C |
But then a premonition flashes through | G |
Her mind fear of the grief and anguish | H |
The coming days hold for her grandson | C |
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Until sunset | A |
From the dawn | C |
See the woodsmen of San Juan | C |
They want bread before it s gone | C |
Those from Roque | E |
Feeling rocky | E |
Those from Rique | E |
Feeling tricky | E |
Sss sss sawing sawing on | C |
Sss sss sawing sawing on | C |
Jose Asuncion Silva
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