The Rover Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDB EFGFHF IJKJLJ MIFINO PQCQRQ| Though I follow a trail to north or south | A |
| Though I travel east or west | B |
| There's a little house on a quiet road | C |
| That my hidden heart loves best | B |
| And when my journeys are over and done | D |
| 'Tis there I will go to rest | B |
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| The snows have bleached it this many a year | E |
| The sun has painted it grey | F |
| The vines hold it close in their clinging arms | G |
| The shadows creep there to stay | F |
| And the wind goes calling through empty rooms | H |
| For those who have gone away | F |
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| But the roses against the window pane | I |
| Are the roses I used to know | J |
| And the rain on the roof still sings the song | K |
| It sang in the long ago | J |
| When I lay me down to sleep in a bed | L |
| Little and white and low | J |
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| It is long since I bid it all good bye | M |
| With young light hearted disdain | I |
| I remember who stood at the door that day | F |
| Her tears fell fast as the rain | I |
| And I whistled a tune and waved my hand | N |
| But never went back again | O |
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| Toll I have paid at the gates of the world | P |
| The sand I know and the sea | Q |
| I have taken the wide and open road | C |
| With steps unhindered and free | Q |
| Yet like a bell ringing down in my heart | R |
| My home is calling to me | Q |
Virna Sheard
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