The Old Love Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GHII JJKK LLMM CCNN| Out of my door I step into | A |
| The country all her scent and dew | A |
| Nor travel there by a hard road | B |
| Dusty and far from my abode | B |
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| The country washes to my door | C |
| Green miles on miles in soft uproar | C |
| The thunder of the woods and then | D |
| The backwash of green surf again | D |
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| Beyond the feverfew and stocks | E |
| The guelder rose and hollyhocks | E |
| Outside my trellised porch a tree | F |
| Of lilac frames a sky for me | F |
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| A stretch of primrose and pale green | G |
| To hold the tender Hesper in | H |
| Hesper that by the moon makes pale | I |
| Her silver keel and silver sail | I |
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| The country silence wraps me quite | J |
| Silence and song and pure delight | J |
| The country beckons all the day | K |
| Smiling and but a step away | K |
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| This is that country seen across | L |
| How many a league of love and loss | L |
| Prayed for and longed for and as far | M |
| As fountains in the desert are | M |
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| This is that country at my door | C |
| Whose fragrant airs run on before | C |
| And call me when the first birds stir | N |
| In the green wood to walk with her | N |
Katharine Tynan
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