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