An Olive Fire Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCAA CCDDEEAAA FFGGHHIII| An olive fire's a lovely thing | A |
| Somehow it makes me think of Spring | A |
| As in my grate it over spills | B |
| With dancing flames like daffodils | B |
| They flirt and frolic twist and twine | C |
| The brassy fire irons wink and shine | C |
| Leap gold you flamelets Laugh and sing | A |
| An olive fire's a lovely thing | A |
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| An olive fire's a household shrine | C |
| A crusty loaf a jug of wine | C |
| An apple and a chunk of cheese | D |
| Oh I could be content with these | D |
| But if my curse of oil is there | E |
| To fry a fresh caught fish I swear | E |
| I do not envy any king | A |
| As sitting by my hearth I sing | A |
| An olive fire's a lovely thing | A |
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| When old and worn of life I tire | F |
| I'll sit before an olive fire | F |
| And watch the feather ash like snow | G |
| As softly as a rose heart glow | G |
| The tawny roots will loose their hoard | H |
| Of sunbeams centuries have stored | H |
| And flames like yellow chicken's cheep | I |
| Till in my heart Peace is so deep | I |
| With hands prayer clasped I sleep and sleep | I |
Robert Service
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