Holidays Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH IJKJ ILCL| From fall to spring the russet acorn | A |
| Fruit beloved of maid and boy | B |
| Lent itself beneath the forest | C |
| To be the children's toy | B |
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| Pluck it now In vain thou canst not | D |
| Its root has pierced yon shady mound | E |
| Toy no longer it has duties | F |
| It is anchored in the ground | E |
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| Year by year the rose lipped maiden | G |
| Playfellow of young and old | H |
| Was frolic sunshine dear to all men | I |
| More dear to one than mines of gold | H |
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| Whither went the lovely hoyden | I |
| Disappeared in blessed wife | J |
| Servant to a wooden cradle | K |
| Living in a baby's life | J |
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| Still thou playest short vacation | I |
| Fate grants each to stand aside | L |
| Now must thou be man and artist | C |
| 'T is the turning of the tide | L |
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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