The Golden Shoes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED CFGF HDHDIDJD CKLK MJMJNDOD CFGF| The winds are lashing on the sea | A |
| The roads are blind with storm | B |
| And it's far and far away with me | A |
| So bide you there stay warm | B |
| It's forth I must and forth to day | C |
| And I have no path to choose | D |
| The highway hill it is my way still | E |
| Give me my golden shoes | D |
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| God gave them me on that first day | C |
| I knew that I was young | F |
| And I looked far forth from west to north | G |
| And I heard the Songs unsung | F |
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| This cloak is worn too threadbare thin | H |
| But ah how weatherwise | D |
| This girdle serves to bind it in | H |
| What heed of wondering eyes | D |
| And yet beside I wear one pride | I |
| Too bright think you to use | D |
| That I must wear and still keep fair | J |
| Give here my golden shoes | D |
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| God gave them me on that first day | C |
| I heard the Stars all chime | K |
| And I looked forth far from road to star | L |
| And I knew it was far to climb | K |
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| They would buy me house and hearth no doubt | M |
| And the mirth to spend and share | J |
| Could I sell that gift and go without | M |
| Or wear what neighbors wear | J |
| But take my staff my purse my scrip | N |
| For I have one thing to choose | D |
| For you Godspeed May you soothe your need | O |
| For me my golden shoes | D |
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| He gave them me that far first day | C |
| When I heard all Songs unsung | F |
| And I looked far forth from west to north | G |
| God saw that I was young | F |
Josephine Preston Peabody
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