The Long Vacation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEFE GHGH| To Amy Wainwright | A |
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| This is the time the boys come home from school | B |
| Filling the house with gay and happy noise | C |
| Never at rest from morn till evening cool | B |
| All the roads of the world bring home the boys | C |
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| This is the time but still they are not come | D |
| The mothers stand in the doorway listening long | E |
| Long long they shall wait ere the boys come home | F |
| Where do they tarry the dear the light heart throng | E |
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| Their feet are heavy as lead and deep their rest | G |
| The mothers watch the road till set of sun | H |
| But nevermore the birds fly back to the nest | G |
| The roads of the world run Heavenward every one | H |
Katharine Tynan
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