To James Whitcomb Riley Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB CDED FGHG IJHJ KJHJ JBCB LMNM| Your trail runs to the westward | A |
| And mine to my own place | B |
| There is water between our lodges | C |
| And I have not seen your face | B |
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| But since I have read your verses | C |
| 'Tis easy to guess the rest | D |
| Because in the hearts of the children | E |
| There is neither East nor West | D |
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| Born to a thousand fortunes | F |
| Of good or evil hap | G |
| Once they were kings together | H |
| Throned in a mother's lap | G |
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| Surely they know that secret | I |
| Yellow and black and white | J |
| When they meet as kings together | H |
| In innocent dreams at night | J |
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| By a moon they all can play with | K |
| Grubby and grimed and unshod | J |
| Very happy together | H |
| And very near to God | J |
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| Your trail runs to the westward | J |
| And mine to my own place | B |
| There is water between our lodges | C |
| And you cannot see my face | B |
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| And that is well for crying | L |
| Should neither be written nor seen | M |
| But if I call you Smoke in the Eyes | N |
| I know you will know what I mean | M |
Rudyard Kipling
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