The Old Home Ii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGHG IJIJ KLKL MBMB NONO PQPQ RSTS UVUV WXWX YIYI AIAI ZA2ZB2 IC2IC2 D2ID2I E2F2E2F2

They've torn the old house down that stoodA
Like some kind mother in this placeB
Hugged by its orchard and its woodA
Two sturdy children strong of raceB
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This formal place makes no appealC
I miss the old time happinessD
And peace which often here did healC
The cares of life the heart's distressE
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The shrubs which snowed their blossoms onF
The walks wide stretching from the doorsG
Like friendly arms are dead and goneH
And over all a grand house soarsG
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Within its front no welcome liesI
But pride's aloofness wealth that staresJ
From windows cold as haughty eyesI
The arrogance of new made heirsJ
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Its very flowers breathe of castK
And even the Springtide seems estrangedL
In that stiff garden caught held fastK
All her wild beauty clipped and changedL
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'T is not the Spring that once I knewM
Who made a glory of her faceB
And robed in shimmering light and dewM
Moved to wild music in this placeB
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How fair she walked here with her HoursN
Pouring forth colors and perfumesO
And with her bosom heaped with flowersN
Climbed by the rose vines to its roomsO
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Or round the old porch 'mid the treesP
Fluttered a flute of bluebird songQ
Or murmuring with a myriad beesP
Drowsed in the garden all day longQ
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How Summer with her apron fullR
Of manna shook the red peach downS
Or stretched among the shadows coolT
Wove for her hair a daisy crownS
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Or with her crickets night and dayU
Gossiped of many a faery thingV
Her sweet breath warm with scents of hayU
And honey purple blossomingV
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How Autumn trailing tattered goldW
And scarlet in the orchard musedX
And of the old trees taking holdW
Upon the sward their ripeness bruisedX
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Or past its sunset window panesY
Like thoughts that drift before old eyesI
Whirled red leaves and the ragged rainsY
And crows black blown about the skiesI
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How Winter huddled in her hoodA
Of snow and sleet crouched by its fluesI
Or rushing from the stormy woodA
Rapped at its doors with windy newsI
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Or in the firelight through the paneZ
Watched Comfort crown with cheer the hearthA2
Or Love lead in his Yuletide trainZ
Of hospitality and mirthB2
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It lived The house was part of usI
It was not merely wood and stoneC2
But had a soul a heart that thusI
Grappled and made us all its ownC2
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The lives that with its life were knitD2
In some strange way beyond the senseI
Had gradually given to itD2
A look of old experienceI
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A look which I shall not forgetE2
No matter where my ways may roamF2
I close my eyes I see it yetE2
The old house that was once my homeF2

Madison Julius Cawein



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