My Father Played The Melodeon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKL MNFO FANA IPFF AFNF

My father played the melodeonA
Outside at our gateB
There were stars in the morning eastC
And they danced to his musicD
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Across the world bogs his melodeon calledE
To Lennons and CallansF
As I pulled on my trousers in a hurryG
I knew some strange thing had happenedH
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Outside in the cow house my motherI
Made the music of milkingJ
The light of the stable lamp was a starK
And the frost of Bethlehem made it twinkleL
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A water hen screeched in the bogM
Mass going feetN
Crunched the wafer ice on the polt holesF
Somebody wistfully twisted a bellow's wheelO
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My child poet picked out the lettersF
On Time's black stoneA
In silver the wonder of a Christmas townlandN
The winking glitter of a frosty dawnA
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Cassiopea was overI
Cassidy's hanging hillP
I looked and three whin bushes rode acossF
The horizon the Three Wise KingsF
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My father played the melodeonA
My mother milked the cowsF
And I had a prayer like a white rose pinnedN
On the Virgin Mary's blouseF

Patrick Kavanagh



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