October Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDEE FGFGHHII JDKDLFMM| October is the treasurer of the year | A |
| And all the months pay bounty to her store | B |
| The fields and orchards still their tribute bear | C |
| And fill her brimming coffers more and more | B |
| But she with youthful lavishness | D |
| Spends all her wealth in gaudy dress | D |
| And decks herself in garments bold | E |
| Of scarlet purple red and gold | E |
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| She heedeth not how swift the hours fly | F |
| But smiles and sings her happy life along | G |
| She only sees above a shining sky | F |
| She only hears the breezes' voice in song | G |
| Her garments trail the woodlands through | H |
| And gather pearls of early dew | H |
| That sparkle till the roguish Sun | I |
| Creeps up and steals them every one | I |
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| But what cares she that jewels should be lost | J |
| When all of Nature's bounteous wealth is hers | D |
| Though princely fortunes may have been their cost | K |
| Not one regret her calm demeanor stirs | D |
| Whole hearted happy careless free | L |
| She lives her life out joyously | F |
| Nor cares when Frost stalks o'er her way | M |
| And turns her auburn locks to gray | M |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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