Boyhood Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK MNMM LOPQ MMRM RSTS RUVU VDWD DXRX RVPV RUWU RUPU URDR

O Days that hold us and years that mold usA
And dreams and mem'ries no time destroysB
Where lie the islands the morning islandsC
And where the highlands we knew when boysB
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Oh tell us whether the happy heatherD
Still purples ways we used to roamE
And mid its roses its oldtime rosesF
The place reposes we knew as homeE
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Oh could we find him that boy and bind himG
The boy we were that never grewH
By whom we're haunted our hearts are hauntedI
What else were wanted by me and youH
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Again to see it Again to knee itJ
The pond we waded the brook we swumK
That held more pleasures more priceless pleasuresL
Than all the treasures to which we comeK
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Again to follow through wood and hollowM
A cowbell's tinkle a bird's wild callN
To where they yellow the daisies yellowM
And lights lie mellow at evenfallM
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To be the leaders of oaks and cedarsL
The giant hosts of worlds at warO
Or princes airy proud princes airyP
Of Lands of Faery that lie afarQ
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Through scents of yarrow where paths are narrowM
To foot the way we only knowM
That leads to places old orchard placesR
And garden spaces of Long AgoM
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To climb rail fences when dusk commencesR
With young Adventure tanned hand in handS
And lead by starlight by dewy starlightT
To one farm's far light a campaign plannedS
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Where she our princess mid blossoming quincesR
The first dear girl for whom we caredU
And got a rating her father's ratingV
Stands sweetly waiting brown eyed brown hairedU
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Or in the morning without a warningV
With health for luggage and love for spurD
To make invasion divine invasionW
As suits occasion of worlds for herD
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With her as eager again beleaguerD
The forest's fortress of leaf and logX
And pierce its vastness its gloomy vastnessR
And storm its fastness with stick and dogX
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And from its shadows' rich EldoradosR
The untold gold of blossoms bringV
And as in story in song and storyP
Beard Wildness hoary like some old kingV
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Or lead lost legions through unknown regionsR
The pirate kings of isles unfoundU
On haystacks golden our galleons goldenW
Sail oceans olden of meadow groundU
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And from those caitiffs the hideous nativesR
Invisible tribes that swarm the woodU
To rescue Molly or Peg or PollyP
With her dear dolly as pirates shouldU
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O tanned and freckled and sunbeam speckledU
O barefoot joy that romped the yearsR
O reckless rapture O long lost raptureD
Beyond the capture of all our tearsR

Madison Julius Cawein



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