No More Whippoorwills By Richard Martin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DDEF GGHH IIHH JJHH K| I was born in the country years ago | A |
| Many days I spent behind a mule making the garden grow | A |
| It didn t seem like work back then | B |
| I d work all day until my chores were at an end | C |
| - | |
| In the late afternoon I d sit on my porch swing | D |
| Watching and listing to the birds sing | D |
| I d watch until the sun brought long shows close | E |
| To me a pleasure that only the country knows | F |
| - | |
| I d sit and take in nature which was all around me | G |
| And wonder at the beauty that others couldn t see | G |
| I d hear a Bobwhite quail and in the distance a Whippoorwil | H |
| I d sit for hours for all was quiet and all was still | H |
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| Never dreaming that things could change so fast | I |
| I thought my way of life would always last | I |
| Now when I sit on the swing in the late afternoon all is not still | H |
| There s no more Bobwhite quail and no more Whippoorwil | H |
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| Cars and trucks up and down the new highway | J |
| Have an unforgiving noise that never goes away | J |
| I guess for me like the Bobwhite quail and Whippoorwil | H |
| I to will soon be no more and my voice also still | H |
| - | |
| RO R | K |
Richard Martin
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 08/06/2023
Poet's note: I was sitting on my porch swing one afternoon, remembering the past and how things have changed.
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