A Song For Labor Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABCCCB D EEEBFFFB D EEEBEEEB| Oh the morning meads the dewy meads | A |
| Where he ploughs and harrows and sows the seeds | A |
| Singing a song of manly deeds | A |
| In the blossoming springtime weather | B |
| The heart in his bosom as high as the word | C |
| Said to the sky by the mating bird | C |
| While the beat of an answering heart is heard | C |
| His heart and love's together | B |
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| II | D |
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| Oh the noonday heights the sunny heights | E |
| Where he stoops to the harvest his keen scythe smites | E |
| Singing a song of the work that requites | E |
| In the ripening summer weather | B |
| The soul in his body as light as the sigh | F |
| Of the little cloud breeze that cools the sky | F |
| While he hears an answering soul reply | F |
| His soul and love's together | B |
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| III | D |
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| Oh the evening vales the twilight vales | E |
| Where he labors and sweats to the thud of flails | E |
| Singing a song of the toil that avails | E |
| In the fruitful autumn weather | B |
| In heart and in soul as free from fears | E |
| As the first white star in the sky that clears | E |
| While the music of life and of love he hears | E |
| Of life and of love together | B |
Madison Julius Cawein
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