The Author's Early Life Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEGHIHJKLK MNONPJQJ RSTSUDDD VEOEWXYZ A2EB2ETC2TD2 DE2F2E2F2MG2M H2I2J2I2K2H2L2M2 N2O2P2Q2R2TS2T

I will write a sketch of my early lifeA
It will be of childhood dayB
And all who chance to read itC
No criticism prayB
My childhood days were happyD
And it fills my heart with woeE
To muse o'er the days that have passed byF
And the scenes of long agoE
In the days of my early childhoodG
Kent county was quite wildH
Especially the towns I lived inI
When I was a little childH
I will not speak of my birthplaceJ
For if you will only lookK
O'er the little poem My Childhood DaysL
That is in this little bookK
-
I am not ashamed of my birthrightM
Though it was of poor estateN
Many a poor person in our landO
Has risen to be greatN
My parents were poor I know kind friendsP
But that is no disgraceJ
They were honorable and respectedQ
Throughout my native placeJ
-
My mother was an invalidR
And was for many a yearS
And I being the eldest daughterT
Her life I had to cheerS
I had two little sistersU
And a brother which made threeD
And dear mother being sicklyD
Their care it fell on meD
-
My parents moved to AlgomaV
Near twenty three years agoE
And bought one hundred acres of landO
That's a good sized farm you knowE
It was then a wildernessW
With tall forest trees aboundX
And it was four miles from a villageY
Or any other townZ
-
And it was two miles from a schoolhouseA2
That's the distance I had to goE
And how many times I traveledB2
Through summer suns and winter snowE
How well do I rememberT
Going to school many a mornC2
Both in summer and in winterT
Through many a heavy stormD2
-
My heart was gay and happyD
This was ever in my mindE2
There is better times a comingF2
And I hope some day to findE2
Myself capable of composingF2
It was by heart's delightM
To compose on a sentimental subjectG2
If it came in my mind just rightM
-
If I went to school half the timeH2
It was all that I could doI2
It seems very strange to me sometimesJ2
And it may seem strange to youI2
It was natural for me to composeK2
And put words into rhymeH2
And the success of my first workL2
Is this little song book of mineM2
-
My childhood days have passed and goneN2
And it fills my heart with painO2
To think that youth will nevermoreP2
Return to me againQ2
And now kind friends what I have wroteR2
I hope you will pass o'erT
And not criticise as some have doneS2
Hitherto herebeforeT

Julia Ann Moore



Rate:
(1)



Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme

Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation


Write your comment about The Author's Early Life poem by Julia Ann Moore


 

Recent Interactions*

This poem was read 3 times,

This poem was added to the favorite list by 0 members,

This poem was voted by 0 members.

(* Interactions only in the last 7 days)

New Poems

Popular Poets