The Doves Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF HIJI KLKL LMLM GFEF| The house where I was born | A |
| Where I was young and gay | B |
| Grows old amid its corn | A |
| Amid its scented hay | B |
| - | |
| Moan of the cushat dove | C |
| In silence rich and deep | D |
| The old head I love | C |
| Nods to its quiet sleep | D |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| What wind bitter and great | H |
| Has swept the country's face | I |
| Altered made desolate | J |
| The heart remembered place | I |
| - | |
| What wind bitter and wild | K |
| Has swept the towering trees | L |
| Beneath whose shade a child | K |
| Long since gathered heartease | L |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
Katherine Tynan
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