Hamatreya Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJ KLMNOPQRSTOUV WXY Z A2A2B2C2D2E2F2G2 H2I2J2NH2J2I2 K2CC2L2NM2NN2N2 NN2O2P2NN2 ZPQ2PBulkeley Hunt Willard Hosmer Meriam Flint | A |
Possessed the land which rendered to their toil | B |
Hay corn roots hemp flax apples wool and wood | C |
Each of these landlords walked amidst his farm | D |
Saying quot 'Tis mine my children's and my name's | E |
How sweet the west wind sounds in my own trees | F |
How graceful climb those shadows on my hill | G |
I fancy these pure waters and the flags | H |
Know me as does my dog we sympathize | I |
And I affirm my actions smack of the soil ' | J |
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Where are these men Asleep beneath their grounds | K |
And strangers fond as they their furrows plough | L |
Earth laughs in flowers to see her boastful boys | M |
Earth proud proud of the earth which is not theirs | N |
Who steer the plough but cannot steer their feet | O |
Clear of the grave | P |
They added ridge to valley brook to pond | Q |
And sighed for all that bounded their domain | R |
'This suits me for a pasture that's my park | S |
We must have clay lime gravel granite ledge | T |
And misty lowland where to go for peat | O |
The land is well lies fairly to the south | U |
'Tis good when you have crossed the sea and back | V |
To find the sitfast acres where you left them ' | - |
Ah the hot owner sees not Death who adds | W |
Him to his land a lump of mould the more | X |
Hear what the Earth says | Y |
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Earth Song | Z |
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'Mine and yours | A2 |
Mine not yours Earth endures | A2 |
Stars abide | B2 |
Shine down in the old sea | C2 |
Old are the shores | D2 |
But where are old men | E2 |
I who have seen much | F2 |
Such have I never seen | G2 |
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'The lawyer's deed | H2 |
Ran sure | I2 |
In tail | J2 |
To them and to their heirs | N |
Who shall succeed | H2 |
Without fail | J2 |
Forevermore | I2 |
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'Here is the land | K2 |
Shaggy with wood | C |
With its old valley | C2 |
Mound and flood | L2 |
quot But the heritors | N |
Fled like the flood's foam | M2 |
The lawyer and the laws | N |
And the kingdom | N2 |
Clean swept herefrom | N2 |
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'They called me theirs | N |
Who so controlled me | N2 |
Yet every one | O2 |
Wished to stay and is gone | P2 |
How am I theirs | N |
If they cannot hold me | N2 |
But I hold them ' | - |
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When I heard the Earth song | Z |
I was no longer brave | P |
My avarice cooled | Q2 |
Like lust in the chill of the grave | P |
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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