The Doves Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF HIJI KLKL LMLM GFEFThe house where I was born | A |
Where I was young and gay | B |
Grows old amid its corn | A |
Amid its scented hay | B |
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Moan of the cushat dove | C |
In silence rich and deep | D |
The old head I love | C |
Nods to its quiet sleep | D |
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Where once were nine and ten | E |
Now two keep house together | F |
The doves moan and complain | G |
All day in the still weather | F |
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What wind bitter and great | H |
Has swept the country's face | I |
Altered made desolate | J |
The heart remembered place | I |
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What wind bitter and wild | K |
Has swept the towering trees | L |
Beneath whose shade a child | K |
Long since gathered heartease | L |
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Under the golden eaves | L |
The house is still and sad | M |
As though it grieves and grieves | L |
For many a lass and lad | M |
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The cushat doves complain | G |
All day in the still weather | F |
Where once were nine or ten | E |
But two keep house together | F |
Katharine Tynan
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