Far West Emigrant . Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDCEFGF AHIJIKFLF AMNONPQRQ SNTUTJVSK SNWSXVYZY| I | A |
| Mine eye is weary of the plains | B |
| Of verdure vast and wide | C |
| That stretch around me lovely calm | D |
| From morn till even tide | C |
| And I recall with aching heart | E |
| My childhood s village home | F |
| Its cottage roofs and garden plots | G |
| Its brooks of silver foam | F |
| - | |
| II | A |
| True glowing verdure smiles around | H |
| And this rich virgin soil | I |
| Gives stores of wealth in quick return | J |
| For hours of careless toil | I |
| But oh the reaper s joyous song | K |
| Ne er mounts to Heaven s dome | F |
| For unknown is the mirth and joy | L |
| Of the merry Harvest Home | F |
| - | |
| III | A |
| The solemn trackless woods are fair | M |
| And bright their summer dress | N |
| But their still hush their whisprings vague | O |
| My heart seem to oppress | N |
| And neath their shadow could I sit | P |
| And think the livelong day | Q |
| On my country s fields and hedges green | R |
| Gemmed with sweet hawthorn spray | Q |
| - | |
| IV | S |
| The graceful vines and strange bright flow rs | N |
| I meet in every spot | T |
| I d give up for a daisy meek | U |
| A blue forget me not | T |
| And from the brilliant birds I turn | J |
| Warbling the trees among | V |
| I know them not and breathe a sigh | S |
| For lark or linnet s song | K |
| - | |
| V | S |
| But useless now those vain regrets | N |
| My course must finish here | W |
| In dreams alone I now can see | S |
| Again my home so dear | X |
| Or those fond loving friends who clung | V |
| Weeping unto my breast | Y |
| And bade God speed me when I left | Z |
| To seek the far far West | Y |
Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
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