Hamatreya Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJ KLMNOPQRSTOUV WXY Z A2A2B2C2D2E2F2G2 H2I2J2NH2J2I2 K2CC2L2NM2NN2N2 NN2O2P2NN2 ZPQ2P

Bulkeley Hunt Willard Hosmer Meriam FlintA
Possessed the land which rendered to their toilB
Hay corn roots hemp flax apples wool and woodC
Each of these landlords walked amidst his farmD
Saying quot 'Tis mine my children's and my name'sE
How sweet the west wind sounds in my own treesF
How graceful climb those shadows on my hillG
I fancy these pure waters and the flagsH
Know me as does my dog we sympathizeI
And I affirm my actions smack of the soil 'J
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Where are these men Asleep beneath their groundsK
And strangers fond as they their furrows ploughL
Earth laughs in flowers to see her boastful boysM
Earth proud proud of the earth which is not theirsN
Who steer the plough but cannot steer their feetO
Clear of the graveP
They added ridge to valley brook to pondQ
And sighed for all that bounded their domainR
'This suits me for a pasture that's my parkS
We must have clay lime gravel granite ledgeT
And misty lowland where to go for peatO
The land is well lies fairly to the southU
'Tis good when you have crossed the sea and backV
To find the sitfast acres where you left them '-
Ah the hot owner sees not Death who addsW
Him to his land a lump of mould the moreX
Hear what the Earth saysY
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Earth SongZ
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'Mine and yoursA2
Mine not yours Earth enduresA2
Stars abideB2
Shine down in the old seaC2
Old are the shoresD2
But where are old menE2
I who have seen muchF2
Such have I never seenG2
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'The lawyer's deedH2
Ran sureI2
In tailJ2
To them and to their heirsN
Who shall succeedH2
Without failJ2
ForevermoreI2
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'Here is the landK2
Shaggy with woodC
With its old valleyC2
Mound and floodL2
quot But the heritorsN
Fled like the flood's foamM2
The lawyer and the lawsN
And the kingdomN2
Clean swept herefromN2
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'They called me theirsN
Who so controlled meN2
Yet every oneO2
Wished to stay and is goneP2
How am I theirsN
If they cannot hold meN2
But I hold them '-
-
When I heard the Earth songZ
I was no longer braveP
My avarice cooledQ2
Like lust in the chill of the graveP

Ralph Waldo Emerson



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