Gathering Leaves Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGHG IJKJ LMNM OPQP| Spades take up leaves | A |
| No better than spoons | B |
| And bags full of leaves | A |
| Are light as balloons | B |
| - | |
| I make a great noise | C |
| Of rustling all day | D |
| Like rabbit and deer | E |
| Running away | D |
| - | |
| But the mountains I raise | F |
| Elude my embrace | G |
| Flowing over my arms | H |
| And into my face | G |
| - | |
| I may load and unload | I |
| Again and again | J |
| Till I fill the whole shed | K |
| And what have I then | J |
| - | |
| Next to nothing for weight | L |
| And since they grew duller | M |
| From contact with earth | N |
| Next to nothing for color | M |
| - | |
| Next to nothing for use | O |
| But a crop is a crop | P |
| And who's to say where | Q |
| The harvest shall stop | P |
Robert Lee Frost
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