A Saxon Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABB CDCDD CECFF GHGHH| Tools with the comely names | A |
| Mattock and scythe and spade | B |
| Couth and bitter as flames | A |
| Clean and bowed in the blade | B |
| A man and his tools make a man and his trade | B |
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| Breadth of the English shires | C |
| Hummock and kame and mead | D |
| Tang of the reeking byres | C |
| Land of the English breed | D |
| A man and his land make a man and his creed | D |
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| Leisurely flocks and herds | C |
| Cool eyed cattle that come | E |
| Mildly to wonted words | C |
| Swine that in orchards roam | F |
| A man and his beasts make a man and his home | F |
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| Children sturdy and flaxen | G |
| Shouting in brotherly strife | H |
| Like the land they are Saxon | G |
| Sons of a man and his wife | H |
| For a man and his loves make a man and his life | H |
Victoria Sackville-west
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