In Summer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK FMNN ONPN NNQN ORSR| Oh summer has clothed the earth | A |
| In a cloak from the loom of the sun | B |
| And a mantle too of the skies' soft blue | C |
| And a belt where the rivers run | B |
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| And now for the kiss of the wind | D |
| And the touch of the air's soft hands | E |
| With the rest from strife and the heat of life | F |
| With the freedom of lakes and lands | E |
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| I envy the farmer's boy | G |
| Who sings as he follows the plow | H |
| While the shining green of the young blades lean | I |
| To the breezes that cool his brow | H |
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| He sings to the dewy morn | J |
| No thought of another's ear | K |
| But the song he sings is a chant for kings | L |
| And the whole wide world to hear | K |
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| He sings of the joys of life | F |
| Of the pleasures of work and rest | M |
| From an o'erfull heart without aim or art | N |
| 'T is a song of the merriest | N |
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| O ye who toil in the town | O |
| And ye who moil in the mart | N |
| Hear the artless song and your faith made strong | P |
| Shall renew your joy of heart | N |
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| Oh poor were the worth of the world | N |
| If never a song were heard | N |
| If the sting of grief had no relief | Q |
| And never a heart were stirred | N |
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| So long as the streams run down | O |
| And as long as the robins trill | R |
| Let us taunt old Care with a merry air | S |
| And sing in the face of ill | R |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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