Old Man Rocking In The Chair Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFGHDIJKLMNOPDD ODDQ ROSTUOOOBDGVWBDOld man rocking in his chair | A |
night taking from the day | B |
tomorrow's haze | C |
This morning his life to bay | B |
The walk we take | D |
through Alfalfa fields | E |
rough in wind bent face trees | F |
A hive of honey | G |
the leaves falling in the wind | H |
a wet sky the light sun ray shinning | D |
through braided clouds | I |
In my Grandmother's house | J |
next to the cookie jar | K |
an old picture of a hen | L |
and her rooster sitting in the school yard | M |
Bullet your old Shepherd | N |
an all those darn cats | O |
running in and out of the barn | P |
while you were milking | D |
I remember taking | D |
the old rusty beige urns | O |
down to the creek | D |
To keep them cold until the Dairy truck | D |
would come by to pick em up | Q |
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Your gaze Grandfather was enough | R |
to dare any of us kids into doing our chores | O |
of course you knew that | S |
I really enjoyed | T |
the rides on your old tractor | U |
and playing Cowboys and Indians | O |
out in the back pastures | O |
Setting up ambushes for my cousins | O |
when they would come over to play | B |
The elk | D |
on the west ridge where we | G |
hunted he's older now | V |
Grandfather and you know | W |
I reckon you were right They | B |
don't give a dam Good Fishing | D |
Joseph Mayo Wristen
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