Mother Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDBA EEFFGGHE IJKKCCII ABEELLBA| Oh I am going home again | A |
| Back to the old house in the lane | B |
| And mother who still sits and sews | C |
| With cheeks each one a winter rose | C |
| A watching for her boy you know | D |
| Who left so many years ago | D |
| To face the world its stress and strain | B |
| Oh I am going home again | A |
| - | |
| Yes I am going home once more | E |
| And mother 'll meet me at the door | E |
| With smiles that rainbow tears of joy | F |
| And arms that reach out for her boy | F |
| And draw him to her happy breast | G |
| On which awhile his head he 'll rest | G |
| And care no more if rich or poor | H |
| At home with her at home once more | E |
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| Yes I am going home to her | I |
| Whose welcome evermore is sure | J |
| I have been thinking night and day | K |
| How tired I am of being away | K |
| How homesick for her gentle face | C |
| And welcome of the oldtime place | C |
| And memories of the days that were | I |
| Oh I am going home to her | I |
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| Oh just to see her face again | A |
| A smiling at the windowpane | B |
| To see her standing at the door | E |
| And offering her arms once more | E |
| As oft she did when just a child | L |
| She took me to her heart and smiled | L |
| And hushed my cry and cured my pain | B |
| I'm going home to her again | A |
Madison Julius Cawein
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