Alaskan Boundary Settlement Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEFGG HHBBII JJKKLL MMNNDD CCOOPP| My neighbor's farm and mine lie side by side | A |
| And nothing should our mutual trust divide | A |
| But they who made th' original survey | B |
| Were guided by the stars the records say | B |
| So that the line that marks out our domain | C |
| Is indistinct and puzzling doubts remain | C |
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| Our farms are large and portions near the line | D |
| With rocky soil and stunted spruce and pine | D |
| With scarce a wigwam or a ranger's hearth | E |
| We left untilled and deemed of little worth | F |
| The petals of this desert rose unfold | G |
| When man discovers mines of yellow gold | G |
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| Where is the boundary line is now the cry | H |
| Each stakes his claim and gives his reason why | H |
| One sought an exit to the main highway | B |
| The other closed the gates and gained the day | B |
| In custom duties on the shining ore | I |
| And stores for man and beast that inland pour | I |
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| Each claimed his own whatever that may be | J |
| Yet neighbors true we feared to disagree | J |
| We studied maps and treaties old and new | K |
| Yet each his own line fence declared was true | K |
| Then to avoid unseemly strife we chose | L |
| To settle our dispute as friends not foes | L |
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| My neighbor chose three men in his employ | M |
| I three at least accepted them with joy | M |
| Not chosen these to arbitrate our case | N |
| But from material at command to trace | N |
| In harmony with law the primal line | D |
| For boundary fence between his farm and mine | D |
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| I lost my case all but one narrow lane | C |
| All other gates are closed but why complain | C |
| Diminished somewhat is my large estate | O |
| But self respect remains nor place for hate | O |
| O'er our line fence we grasp each other's hand | P |
| And for the right united ever stand | P |
Joseph Horatio Chant
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