The Fortune Seeker Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEEFGFG HCHIJKJKLLFGFG| HOLLYHOCKS slant in the wind | A |
| Gallantly blowing | B |
| Crinkled and purfled and lined | A |
| Thank God for their growing | B |
| Their burden is only of bees | C |
| Banded and brown | D |
| But she O she's | C |
| The worth of my world on her head for a crown | D |
| How can she step it so freely so lightly | E |
| Her head like a star on a stem showing whitely | E |
| Mow can she carry her | F |
| Wealth with that innocent air | G |
| I'm going to marry her marry her marry her | F |
| Just for the wealth of her hair | G |
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| Larkspurs as deep as a pool | H |
| Lilies like ladies | C |
| Silvered and silked where the cool | H |
| Elder tree shade is | I |
| These are the queens of the sun | J |
| Splendid and sweet | K |
| But she my one | J |
| Flower's without price from her head to her feet | K |
| How can she go by the lanes and the ditches | L |
| Her little proud head unbowed by its riches | L |
| How can she carry her | F |
| Fortune so light in the air | G |
| I'm going to marry her marry her marry her | F |
| Just for the gold of her hair | G |
Marjorie Lowry Christie Pickthall
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