The Old Barn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABA CDCEC FGFGF HIJIJ KLKLK MNMNM| Low swallow swept and gray | A |
| Between the orchard and the spring | B |
| All its wide windows overflowing hay | A |
| And crannied doors a swing | B |
| The old barn stands to day | A |
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| Deep in its hay the Leghorn hides | C |
| A round white nest and humming soft | D |
| On roof and rafter or its log rude sides | C |
| Black in the sun shot loft | E |
| The building hornet glides | C |
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| Along its corn crib cautiously | F |
| As thieving fingers skulks the rat | G |
| Or in warped stalls of fragrant timothy | F |
| Gnaws at some loosened slat | G |
| Or passes shadowy | F |
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| A dream of drouth made audible | H |
| Before its door hot smooth and shrill | I |
| All day the locust sings What other spell | J |
| Shall hold it lazier still | I |
| Than the long day's now tell | J |
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| Dusk and the cricket and the strain | K |
| Of tree toad and of frog and stars | L |
| That burn above the rich west's ribb d stain | K |
| And dropping pasture bars | L |
| And cow bells up the lane | K |
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| Night and the moon and katydid | M |
| And leaf lisp of the wind touched boughs | N |
| And mazy shadows that the fireflies thrid | M |
| And sweet breath of the cows | N |
| And the lone owl here hid | M |
Madison Julius Cawein
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