The Solitary Woodsman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABACCDCEEFE GGAG HHHH IIHI HHJH HHAH HHAH AAKA LLAL JJAJ AAMA

When the grey lake water rushesA
Past the dripping alder bushesA
And the bodeful autumn windB
In the fir tree weeps and hushesA
When the air is sharply dampC
Round the solitary campC
And the moose bush in the thicketD
Glimmers like a scarlet lampC
When the birches twinkle yellowE
And the cornel bunches mellowE
And the owl across the twilightF
Trumpets to his downy fellowE
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When the nut fed chipmunks rompG
Through the maples' crimson pompG
And the slim viburnum flushesA
In the darkness of the swampG
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When the blueberries are deadH
When the rowan clusters redH
And the shy bear summer sleekenedH
In the bracken makes his bedH
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On a day there comes once moreI
To the latched and lonely doorI
Down the wood road striding silentH
One who has been here beforeI
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Green spruce branches for his headH
Here he makes his simple bedH
Crouching with the sun and risingJ
When the dawn is frosty redH
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All day long he wanders wideH
With the grey moss for his guideH
And his lonely axe stroke startlesA
The expectant forest sideH
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Toward the quiet close of dayH
Back to camp he takes his wayH
And about his sober footstepsA
Unafraid the squirrels playH
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On his roof the red leaf fallsA
At his door the bluejay callsA
And he hears the wood mice hurryK
Up and down his rough log wallsA
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Hears the laughter of the loonL
Thrill the dying afternoonL
Hears the calling of the mooseA
Echo to the early moonL
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And he hears the partridge drummingJ
The belated hornet hummingJ
All the faint prophetic soundsA
That foretell the winter's comingJ
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And the wind about his eavesA
Through the chilly night wet grievesA
And the earth's dumb patience fills himM
Fellow to the falling leavesA

Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts



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