Barter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACC DEEDFF GHHGII JKKJLL MNNMOO PQQPRR STTSHH UVQUWW| There is a long thin line of fading gold | A |
| In the far West and the transfigured leaves | B |
| On some slight topmost bough that sways and heaves | B |
| Hang limp and tremulous Nor warm nor cold | A |
| The pungent air and 'neath the yellow haze | C |
| Show flushed and glad the wild October ways | C |
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| There is a soft enchantment in the air | D |
| A mystery the Summer knows not nor | E |
| The sturdy frost crowned Winter Nature wore | E |
| Her blandest smile to day as here and there | D |
| I wandered elf beset through wood and field | F |
| And gleaned the glories of the autumn yield | F |
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| A bunch of purple aster golden rod | G |
| Darkened by the first frost a drooping spray | H |
| Of scarlet barberry and tall and gray | H |
| The silk cored cotton with its bursting pod | G |
| Some tarnished maple boughs and like a flash | I |
| Of sudden flame a branch of mountain ash | I |
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| She smiled but it was not the welcoming smile | J |
| Of frank surrender As a witching maid | K |
| In gorgeous garments cunningly arrayed | K |
| Might smile and draw them closer hers the guile | J |
| To let men hope pray labor in love's stress | L |
| Ere they her hidden beauties may possess | L |
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| Deep in the heart of earth where the springs rise | M |
| Down with the sweet linn a and the moss | N |
| In the brown thrush's throat where the pines toss | N |
| In Winter's harrying storms her secret lies | M |
| Ours the chill night dews and the waiting pain | O |
| Ere we her fairy wealth may hope to gain | O |
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| 'Tis so with knowledge Eagerly we turn | P |
| Great Wisdom's page and when our clear eyes grow | Q |
| Dim in the dusk of years and heads bend low | Q |
| Weary at last the truth we strove to learn | P |
| Is ours forever But its joy of sight | R |
| Is dearly bought methinks with Youth's delight | R |
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| Fate too with chaffering voice and beckoning hand | S |
| Doles out our happiness we snatch at wealth | T |
| And pay with anxious care and fading health | T |
| We call for Love and dream that we shall stand | S |
| On ground enchanted but though sweet the way | H |
| The rocks are sharp and grief comes with the Day | H |
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| Even in love Dear Heart there is exchange | U |
| Of gifts and griefs and so I render thee | V |
| Vows for thy vows and pay unfalteringly | Q |
| What love demands nor ever deem it strange | U |
| And when the snow drifts fast and north winds sting | W |
| I make no murmur but await the Spring | W |
Sophie M. (almon) Hensley
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